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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

sailcloth
noun a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents

sailfish
noun large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

sailing
noun riding in a sailboat

sailing master
noun the ship`s officer in charge of navigation

sailing vessel
sailing ship noun a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

sailing-race
yacht race noun a race between crews of people in yachts

sailmaker
noun a maker of sails

sailor
noun any member of a ship`s crew

sailor cap
noun a cap worn by sailors

sailor suit
noun a boy`s ensemble; copied from a sailor`s uniform

sailor`s-choice
Haemulon parra noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

sailors choice
Haemulon parra noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico

Saimiri
genus Saimiri noun squirrel monkeys

sainfoin
sanfoin 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

saint
holy man noun person of exceptional holiness

Saint Agnes`s Eve
noun a Christian holy day

Saint Anthony`s fire
noun any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions

Saint Bernard
St Bernard noun a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

Saint Christopher
St. Christopher noun the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis

Saint Cloud
St. Cloud noun a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries

Saint David
St. David noun patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

Saint Emilion
noun full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux

Saint Eustatius
St. Eustatius noun an island in the Netherlands Antilles

Saint Francis
Saint Francis River noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas

Saint John
St. John noun a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick

Saint John`s
St. John`s noun a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland

Saint John`s
noun the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua

Saint Johns
Saint Johns River noun a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean

Saint Joseph
St Joseph noun a Christian holy day

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis noun a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983

Saint Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway noun a seaway involving the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes that was developed jointly by Canada and the United States; oceangoing ships can travel as far west as Lake Superior

Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence River noun a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

Saint Lawrence
St. Lawrence noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church`s treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

Saint Louis
St. Louis noun the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century

Saint Lucia
St. Lucia noun a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979

Saint Mark
St. Mark noun Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

Saint Martin
St. Martin noun an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands

Saint Peter`s wreath
St. Peter`s wreath noun shrub having copious small white flowers in spring

Saint Vincent
St. Vincent noun an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Vincent and the Grenadines noun an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979

saint`s day
noun a day commemorating a saint

Saint-Bernard`s-lily
Anthericum liliago noun southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers

Saint-Mihiel
St Mihiel noun a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France

Saint-Saens
Charles Camille Saint-Saens noun French pianist and composer (1835-1921)

sainthood
noun the status and dignity of a saint

saintliness
noun the quality of resembling a saint

Saintpaulia
genus Saintpaulia noun east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated

Saints Peter and Paul
June 29 noun first celebrated in the 3rd century

Saipan
noun US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II

Sajama
noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high)

Sakartvelo
noun a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991

sake
saki noun Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov noun Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)

saki
noun small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail

salaam
noun a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation

salability
salableness noun the quality of being salable or marketable

salable
saleable adjective capable of being sold; fit for sale; `saleable at a low price`

salad
noun food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens

salad bar
noun a bar where diners can assemble a salad to their own taste

salad bowl
noun a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad

salad burnet
noun leaves sometimes used for salad

salad cream
noun a creamy salad dressing resembling mayonnaise

salad dressing
noun savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

salad fork
noun a fork intended for eating salads

salad green
salad greens noun greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads

salad nicoise
noun typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers

salad oil
noun any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings

salad plate
noun a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad

Saladin
Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub noun sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)

Salafism
Salafi movement noun a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world

Salafist Group
Salafast Group for Call and Combat noun an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa

salai
Boswellia serrata noun East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense

salal
shallon noun small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries

salamander
noun any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

Salamandra
genus Salamandra noun type genus of the Salamandridae

Salamandridae
family Salamandridae noun salamanders

salamandriform
adjective shaped like a salamander

salami
noun highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried

salaried
adjective receiving a salary; `salaried members of the staff`

salat
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

sale
sales agreement 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); `the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office`

sale
sales event noun an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; `they held a sale to reduce their inventory`; `I got some great bargains at their annual sale`

sale in gross
contract of hazard noun a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage

Salem
capital of Oregon noun capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River

Salerno
noun a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943

sales booth
noun a booth where articles are displayed for sale

sales campaign
noun an advertising campaign intended to promote sales

sales demonstrator
noun someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer

sales department
sales division noun the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services

sales finance company
noun a finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchants

sales incentive
noun remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal

sales promotion
noun promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising

sales resistance
noun resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices

sales staff
noun those in a business who are responsible for sales

sales talk
sales pitch noun promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

sales tax
nuisance tax noun a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

salesclerk
shop clerk noun a salesperson in a store

salesgirl
saleswoman noun a woman salesperson

salesman
noun a man salesperson

salesmanship
noun skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; `he read a book on salesmanship but it didn`t help`