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

San Juan
noun the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico

San Juan Mountains
noun a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains

San Luis Potosi
noun a city in central Mexico

San Marinese
adjective of or relating to San Marino or its people; `San Marinese castles`

San Marino
noun the capital and only city of San Marino

San Mateo
noun a town in California south of San Francisco

San Pablo
noun a town in western California north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay

San Pedro Sula
noun industrial city in northwestern Honduras

San Salvador
Salvadoran capital noun the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes

San Sebastian
noun a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort

Sana
Sanaa noun the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau

sanatorium
sanatarium noun a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

sanctification
noun a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

sanctify
verb make pure or free from sin or guilt; `he left the monastery purified`

sanctimoniously
self-righteously adverb in a sanctimonious manner; `she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody`

sanctimoniousness
sanctimony noun the quality of being hypocritically devout

sanction
countenance noun formal and explicit approval; `a Democrat usually gets the union`s endorsement`

sanction
noun official permission or approval; `authority for the program was renewed several times`

sanctionative
sanctioning adjective implying sanction or serving to sanction; `the guardian`s duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative`

sanctum
sanctum sanctorum noun a place of inviolable privacy; `he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go`

Sand
George Sand noun French writer known for works concerning women`s rights and independence (1804-1876)

sand blackberry
Rubus cuneifolius noun stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)

sand cat
noun a desert wildcat

sand cherry
Prunus pumila noun small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit

sand crack
noun a fissure in the wall of a horse`s hoof often causing lameness

sand cricket
Jerusalem cricket noun large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States

sand dab
noun small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

sand devil`s claw
Proboscidea arenaria noun alternatively placed in genus Martynia

sand dollar
noun flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms

sand dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus noun erect smooth grass of sandy places in eastern North America

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

sand lance
sand launce noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

sand leek
giant garlic noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks

sand lizard
noun a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia

sand myrtle
Leiophyllum buxifolium noun low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage

sand painting
noun a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

sand rat
noun southern European gerbil

sand sage
silvery wormwood noun silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands

sand sedge
sand reed noun European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

sand snake
noun small North American burrowing snake

sand sole
Psettichthys melanostichus noun a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

sand spurry
sea spurry noun prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America

sand stargazer
noun small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey

sand tiger
sand shark noun shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic; sometimes dangerous to swimmers

sand verbena
noun any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena

sand wedge
noun a wedge used to get out of sand traps

sandal
noun a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

sandaled
sandalled adjective shod with sandals

sandalwood
noun close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork

sandalwood tree
true sandalwood noun parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests

sandarac
sandarach noun a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

sandbag
noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast

sandbagger
noun someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you

sandbank
noun a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide

sandbar
sand bar noun a bar of sand

sandbar shark
noun most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen

sandblast
noun a blast of wind laden with sand

sandblaster
noun a tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand; used to clean or grind hard surfaces

sandbox
sandpile noun plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in

sandboy
noun a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy`

sandbur
sandspur noun grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs

Sandburg
Carl Sandburg noun United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)

sanderling
Crocethia alba noun small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

sandfly fever
pappataci fever noun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii

sandglass
noun timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage

sandgrouse
sand grouse noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young

sandhi
noun the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)

sandiness
noun a texture resembling that of sand

sandlot
noun a vacant lot used by city boys to play games

sandman
noun an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children`s eyes to make them sleepy

sandpapery
adjective having the abrasive texture of sandpaper

sandpiper
noun any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

sandpiper-like
adjective resembling a sandpiper

sandpit
noun a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug

sandstone
noun a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

sandwich
noun two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

sandwich board
noun signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements

sandwich plate
noun a serving consisting of a sandwich or sandwiches with garnishes

sandwichman
noun a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders

sandwort
noun low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers

sandy
adjective abounding in sand; `Florida`s sandy beaches`

sandy mushroom
Tricholoma populinum noun an edible agaric that fruits in great clusters (especially in sandy soil under cottonwood trees)

sane
adjective mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; `appears to be completely sane`

sanely
sensibly adverb with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; `he acted sensibly in the crisis`; `speak more sanely about these affairs`; `acted quite reasonably`

sangapenum
gum sangapenum noun a variety of gum

sangaree
sangria noun sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water

Sangay
noun an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946

Sanger
Margaret Sanger noun United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966)

Sango
noun a trade language widely used in Chad

sangoma
noun a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder

Sanguinaria
genus Sanguinaria noun one species: bloodroot

sanguinary
slaughterous adjective accompanied by bloodshed; `this bitter and sanguinary war`

sanguinary ant
Formica sanguinea noun slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere

sanguine
adjective confidently optimistic and cheerful

sanguineous
slaughterous adjective accompanied by bloodshed; `this bitter and sanguinary war`

sanguinity
sanguineness noun feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident

Sanhedrin
noun the supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem

sanicle
noun a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

Sanicula
genus Sanicula noun chiefly American herbs: sanicle

sanitariness
noun the state of being conducive to health