| 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 |
| saccadic | (adjective) of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation | - |
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| 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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| saccharify | (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate | - |
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| (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: sugar |
| saccharin | (noun) a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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| saccharine | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: cloying, syrupy, treacly |
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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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| sacculate | (adjective) formed with or having saclike expansions | Synonyms: sacculated |
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| sacculated | (adjective) formed with or having saclike expansions | Synonyms: sacculate |
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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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| sacerdotal | (adjective) associated with the priesthood or priests | Synonyms: hieratic, hieratical, priestly |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) put in a sack | - |
| (verb) plunder (a town) after capture | Synonyms: plunder |
| (verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: clear, net, sack up |
| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, send away, terminate |
| 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 | - |
| sacked | (adjective) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | Synonyms: despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged |
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| 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 |
| saclike | (adjective) shaped like a pouch | Synonyms: bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike |
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| sacque | (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket | Synonyms: sack |
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| sacral | (adjective) of or relating to or near the sacrum | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to sacred rites | - |
| 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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| sacramental | (adjective) of or relating to or involving a sacrament | - |
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| sacred | (adjective) concerned with religion or religious purposes | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person | - |
| (adjective) made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use | Synonyms: consecrated, sanctified |
| (adjective) worthy of respect or dedication | - |
| (adjective) worthy of religious veneration | Synonyms: hallowed |
| sacredly | (adverb) by religion | Synonyms: religiously |
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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 | - |
| (verb) kill or destroy | - |
| (verb) endure the loss of | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | - |
| (verb) sell at a loss | - |
| sacrificeable | (adjective) may be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective | - |
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| sacrificer | (noun) a religious person who offers up a sacrifice | - |
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| sacrificial | (adjective) used in or connected with 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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| sacrilegious | (adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: blasphemous, profane |
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| sacrilegiously | (adverb) in a sacrilegious manner | - |
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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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| sacrosanct | (adjective) must be kept sacred | Synonyms: inviolable, inviolate |
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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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