sapper | (noun) a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications) | - |
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sapphic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman | Synonyms: lesbian |
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sapphire | (adjective) of something having the color of a blue sapphire | - |
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(noun) a light shade of blue | Synonyms: azure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue |
(noun) a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem | - |
(noun) a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone | - |
sapphirine | (adjective) made of or resembling sapphire | - |
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(noun) a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks | - |
sapphism | (noun) female homosexuality | Synonyms: lesbianism |
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sappy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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(adjective) abounding in sap | - |