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

salesperson
sales representative noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)

Salian Frank
Salian noun a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD

Salic law
noun the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes

Salicaceae
family Salicaceae noun two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus

Salicales
order Salicales noun coextensive with the family Salicaceae

Salicornia
genus Salicornia noun glassworts

salicylate
noun a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)

salicylate poisoning
noun poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin)

salicylic acid
2-hydroxybenzoic acid noun a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes

salience
saliency noun the state of being salient

salient
adjective (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

salient angle
noun an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon that is less than 180 degrees

salient(ip)
adjective represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

Salientia
order Salientia noun frogs, toads, tree toads

saliferous
adjective containing or yielding salt; `saliferous formations`; `salt domes`

Salina
noun a town in central Kansas

saline
adjective containing salt; `a saline solution`; `salty tears`

saline solution
saline noun an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water

salinometer
noun a hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their density

Salisbury steak
noun ground beef patty usually with a sauce

Salish
Salishan noun a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

saliva
spit noun a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

salivary
adjective of or relating to saliva; `salivary gland`

salivary duct
noun a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth

salivary gland
noun any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion

salivation
noun the secretion of saliva

Salix
genus Salix noun a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows

Salix discolor
noun small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

Salk vaccine
IPV noun a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis

sallet
sallade noun a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision

sallow
sickly adjective unhealthy looking

sallowness
noun a sickly yellowish skin color

sally
noun a venture off the beaten path; `a sally into the wide world beyond his home`

Sally Lunn
noun a flat round slightly sweet teacake usually served hot

sallying forth
noun a venture off the beaten path; `a sally into the wide world beyond his home`

Salmacis
noun nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body

salmagundi
noun cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing

salmi
noun ragout of game in a rich sauce

Salmo
genus Salmo noun type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout

salmon
noun any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

salmon loaf
noun fish loaf made with flaked salmon

salmon oil
noun a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather

salmon-like
adjective resembling a salmon

salmonberry
noun large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries

salmonella
noun rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon

Salmonella enteritidis
Gartner`s bacillus noun a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

Salmonella typhimurium
noun a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans

salmonellosis
noun a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium

salmonid
noun soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters

Salmonidae
family Salmonidae noun salmon and trout

salol
phenyl salicylate noun a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release

Salome
noun woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist

Salomon
Haym Salomon noun American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)

salon
noun elegant sitting room where guests are received

salon
beauty parlor noun a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

saloon keeper
noun the proprietor of a saloon

salp
salpa noun minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

Salpichroa
genus Salpichroa noun herbs of temperate North and South America: cock`s eggs

Salpidae
family Salpidae noun a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea

salpiglossis
noun any plant of the genus Salpiglossis

Salpinctes
genus Salpinctes noun a genus of Troglodytidae

Salpinctes obsoletus
noun wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico

salpingectomy
noun surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes

salpingitis
noun inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube

salpinx
noun a tube in the uterus or the ear

salsa
noun spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods

salsify
noun either of two long roots eaten cooked

salsilla
noun tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America

Salsola
genus Salsola noun chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts

salt
adjective (of speech) painful or bitter; `salt scorn`- Shakespeare; `a salt apology`

salt cod
noun codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes

salt depletion
noun loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

salt flat
salt plain noun a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water

SALT I
noun the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT II
noun the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Salt Lake City
capital of Utah noun the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church

salt lick
lick noun a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

salt marsh
noun low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater

salt marsh mallow
Kosteletzya virginica noun subshrub of southeastern United States to New York

salt mine
noun a mine where salt is dug

salt pork
noun fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt

salt reed grass
Spartina cynosuroides noun tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows

salt rush
Juncus leseurii noun rush of the Pacific coast of North America

salt tree
Halimodendron halodendron noun spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms

salt-rising bread
noun white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp

saltation
noun a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species

saltbox
noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind

saltbush
noun any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

saltcellar
noun a small container for holding salt at the dining table

salted
salt-cured adjective (used especially of meats) preserved in salt

salter
salt merchant noun someone who makes or deals in salt

saltine
noun a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking

saltiness
coarseness noun language or humor that is down-to-earth; `the saltiness of their language was inappropriate`; `self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre`

salting
noun the act of adding salt to food

saltish
adjective somewhat salty

saltlike
adjective resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal

Salton Sea
noun a saltwater lake in southeastern California

saltpan
noun a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake

saltshaker
salt shaker noun a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt

saltwater fish
noun flesh of fish from the sea used as food