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salient

adjective · having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Example: an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom

saliferous

adjective · containing or yielding salt

Example: saliferous formations

sambre

noun · a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur

sanctified

adjective · made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

Example: a consecrated church

sand fly

noun · any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

sane

adjective · marked by sound judgment

Example: sane nuclear policy

sapodilla tree

noun · large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras

saprolegnia

noun · aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

sarcoid

adjective · of or relating to or resembling flesh

satiated

adjective · supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

satirically

adverb · in a satirical manner

Example: she spoke satirically

saucily

adverb · in an impudent or impertinent manner

Example: a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently

saudi-arabian

adjective · of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people

Example: the Saudi-Arabian desert

saurian

adjective · of or relating to lizards

savage

adjective · without civilizing influences-Margaret Meade

Example: barbarian invaders

savoring

noun · taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

Example: cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most

saxophone

noun · a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

scallopine

noun · sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour

scared

adjective · made afraid

Example: the frightened child cowered in the corner

scarper

verb · flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Example: If you see this man, run!

scenery

noun · the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale

Example: they worked all night painting the scenery

scentless hayweed

noun · ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

sceptically

adverb · with scepticism; in a sceptical manner

Example: he looked at her sceptically

schematically

adverb · in a schematic manner

Example: schematically outlined

schematise

verb · give conventional form to

Example: some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns

schemozzle

noun · (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess

schistorrhachis

noun · a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis

schistosome dermatitis

noun · a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes

schizophrenic

adjective · suffering from some form of schizophrenia

Example: schizophrenic patients

schnorr

verb · obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

Example: he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends

scholarly

adjective · characteristic of scholars or scholarship

Example: scholarly pursuits

school

noun · a building where young people receive education

Example: the school was built in 1932

schoolboyish

adjective · befitting or characteristic of a young boy

Example: a boyish grin

sciolistic

adjective · showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

Example: his dilettantish efforts at painting

scoffingly

adverb · in a disrespectful and mocking manner

Example: `Sorry,' she repeated derisively

scornfully

adverb · without respect; in a disdainful manner

Example: she spoke of him contemptuously

scrabbly

adjective · sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush

Example: open scrubby woods

scratch out

verb · strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

Example: scratch out my name on that list

screakily

adverb · in a creaky manner

Example: the old boat was moving along creakily

screen out

verb · examine in order to test suitability

Example: screen these samples

screw up

verb · twist into a strained configuration

Example: screw up one's face

screwy

adjective · not behaving normally

scrotal

adjective · relating to or having or lying within a scrotum

Example: scrotal mammals

scrumptiously

adverb · so as to produce a delightful taste

Example: I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches

scummy

adjective · covered with scum

Example: the scummy surface of the polluted pond

scurrilously

adverb · in a scurrilously manner

Example: one paper scurrilously described how Edward was neglecting a bereaved mother to dance attendance on Wally

scurvily

adverb · in a despicable, ignoble manner

Example: this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society

sea rover

noun · someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

seabird

noun · a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

seamy

adjective · morally degraded- Seattle Weekly- James Joyce

Example: a seedy district

searchingly

adverb · in a searching manner

Example: `Are you really happy with him,' asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly

seasonably

adverb · at an opportune time

Example: your letter arrived apropos

seasonally

adverb · depending on the season

Example: prices are seasonally adjusted

seclude

verb · keep away from others

Example: He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

second class

adverb · by second class conveyance

Example: we traveled second class