| sag | (noun) a shape that sags | Synonyms: droop |
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| (verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: droop, flag, swag |
| (verb) cause to sag | Synonyms: sag down |
| saga | (noun) 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 resembles such an account | - |
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| sagacious | (adjective) skillful in statecraft or management | - |
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| (adjective) acutely insightful and wise | Synonyms: perspicacious, sapient |
| sagaciously | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, astutely, sapiently, shrewdly |
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| sagaciousness | (noun) the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | Synonyms: judiciousness, sagacity |
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| (noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgement, judgment, sagacity |
| sagacity | (noun) the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | Synonyms: judiciousness, sagaciousness |
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| (noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness |
| sagamore | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sachem |
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| sage | (adjective) of the grey-green color of sage leaves | Synonyms: sage-green |
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| (adjective) having wisdom that comes with age and experience | - |
| (noun) aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc | - |
| (noun) a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom | - |
| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb | Synonyms: salvia |
| sagebrush | (noun) any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium | Synonyms: sage brush |
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| sagely | (adverb) in a wise manner | Synonyms: wisely |
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| sagging | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: drooping, droopy |
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| sagitta | (noun) any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta | - |
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| sagittal | (adjective) located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture | - |
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| sagittate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes | Synonyms: arrow-shaped, sagittiform |
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| sagittiform | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes | Synonyms: arrow-shaped, sagittate |
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| sago | (noun) powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener | - |
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| saguaro | (noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit | Synonyms: Carnegiea gigantea, sahuaro |
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| sahib | (noun) formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name | - |
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| sahuaro | (noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit | Synonyms: Carnegiea gigantea, saguaro |
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| said | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid |
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| saiga | (noun) goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis | Synonyms: Saiga tatarica |
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| sail | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: cruise |
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| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sheet |
| (noun) any structure that resembles a sail | - |
| (verb) travel on water propelled by wind | - |
| (verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sweep |
| (verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, voyage |
| (verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water) | - |
| sailboat | (noun) a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast | Synonyms: sailing boat |
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| sailcloth | (noun) a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents | - |
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| sailfish | (noun) large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | - |
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| (noun) a saltwater fish with lean flesh | - |
| sailing | (noun) riding in a sailboat | - |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, seafaring |
| (noun) the departure of a vessel from a port | - |
| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring |
| sailmaker | (noun) a maker of sails | - |
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| sailor | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat |
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| (noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: crewman |
| (noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy |
| sailplane | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: glider |
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| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
| sailplaning | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailing, soaring |
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| sainfoin | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: esparcet, holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sanfoin |
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| saint | (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon |
| (noun) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization | - |
| (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, canonize |
| (verb) hold sacred | Synonyms: enshrine |
| sainted | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly |
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| sainthood | (noun) the status and dignity of a saint | - |
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| (noun) saints collectively | - |
| saintlike | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintly |
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| saintliness | (noun) the quality of resembling a saint | - |
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| saintly | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike |
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| sake | (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: interest |
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| (noun) the purpose of achieving or obtaining | - |
| (noun) Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot | Synonyms: rice beer, saki |
| saki | (noun) small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail | - |
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| (noun) Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot | Synonyms: rice beer, sake |
| 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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| (verb) greet with a salaam | - |
| 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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| salable | (adjective) capable of being sold; fit for sale | Synonyms: saleable |
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| salableness | (noun) the quality of being salable or marketable | Synonyms: salability |
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| salacious | (adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | Synonyms: lewd, obscene, raunchy |
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| (adjective) characterized by lust | Synonyms: lubricious, lustful, prurient |
| salaciously | (adverb) in a lascivious manner | Synonyms: lasciviously |
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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 | - |
| salamandriform | (adjective) shaped like a salamander | - |
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| 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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| salaried | (adjective) receiving a salary | - |
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| (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, paying, remunerative, stipendiary |
| (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: compensated, remunerated, stipendiary |
| 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 | - |
| saleable | (adjective) capable of being sold; fit for sale | Synonyms: salable |
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| 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 | (adjective) (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees | - |
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| (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking |
| (adjective) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) | - |
| (noun) (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy | - |
| salientian | (adjective) relating to frogs and toads | Synonyms: anuran, batrachian |
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| (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 |
| saliferous | (adjective) containing or yielding salt | - |
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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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| salinate | (verb) make salty | - |
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| saline | (adjective) containing salt | - |
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| (noun) an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water | Synonyms: saline solution |
| 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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| salivary | (adjective) of or relating to saliva | - |
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| salivate | (verb) produce saliva | - |
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| (verb) be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something | Synonyms: drool |
| 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 | (adjective) unhealthy looking | Synonyms: sickly |
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| (noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal | - |
| (verb) cause to become sallow | - |
| 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 | (adjective) of orange tinged with pink | Synonyms: pink-orange, pinkish-orange |
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| (noun) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | - |
| (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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