saraband | (noun) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time | - |
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(noun) music composed for dancing the saraband | - |
saran | (noun) any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things | - |
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sarape | (noun) a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men | Synonyms: serape |
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saratoga | (noun) a species of large fish found in Australian rivers, it has a red or pink spot on every scale (Scleropages leichardti) | Synonyms: Australian arowana, Dawson River salmon, Scleropages leichardti, spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue |
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sarcasm | (noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn | Synonyms: caustic remark, irony, satire |
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sarcastic | (adjective) expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds | - |
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sarcastically | (adverb) in a sarcastic manner | Synonyms: sardonically |
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sarcenet | (noun) a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings | Synonyms: sarsenet |
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sarcocystidean | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian |
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sarcocystieian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcosporidian |
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sarcodine | (noun) protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods | Synonyms: sarcodinian |
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sarcodinian | (noun) protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods | Synonyms: sarcodine |
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sarcoid | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling flesh | Synonyms: fleshy |
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sarcoidosis | (noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands | - |
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sarcolemma | (noun) an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber | - |
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sarcolemmal | (adjective) of or relating to the sarcolemma | - |
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sarcolemmic | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemnous |
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sarcolemnous | (adjective) of or relating to sarcolemma | Synonyms: sarcolemmic |
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sarcoma | (noun) a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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sarcomere | (noun) one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
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sarcophagus | (noun) a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) | - |
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sarcoplasm | (noun) the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber | - |
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sarcoptid | (noun) whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals | Synonyms: itch mite |
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sarcosine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid | - |
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sarcosomal | (adjective) of or relating to sarcosomes | - |
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sarcosome | (noun) a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
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sarcosporidian | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian |
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sarcostyle | (noun) one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | Synonyms: myofibril, myofibrilla |
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sard | (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sardine, sardius |
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sardine | (noun) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned | - |
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(noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring | Synonyms: pilchard, Sardina pilchardus |
(noun) small fatty fish usually canned | Synonyms: pilchard |
(noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sard, sardius |
sardius | (noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | Synonyms: sard, sardine |
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sardonic | (adjective) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking | Synonyms: snarky |
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sardonically | (adverb) in a sarcastic manner | Synonyms: sarcastically |
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sardonyx | (noun) an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral | - |
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saree | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: sari |
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sargasso | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum |
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sargassum | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum |
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sari | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: saree |
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sarin | (noun) a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase | Synonyms: GB |
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sarong | (noun) a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific | - |
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sarsaparilla | (noun) carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras | - |
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(noun) any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves | - |
sarsenet | (noun) a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings | Synonyms: sarcenet |
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sartor | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: seamster, tailor |
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sartorial | (adjective) of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sartorius muscle | - |
sartorius | (noun) a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body | Synonyms: musculus sartorius, sartorius muscle |
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