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

sanitary
adjective free from filth and pathogens; `sanitary conditions for preparing food`; `a sanitary washroom`

sanitary code
health code noun set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc

sanitary condition
noun the state of sanitation (clean or dirty)

sanitary landfill
noun a low area where waste is buried between layers of earth

sanitary napkin
Kotex noun a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow

sanitation
sanitization noun making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

sanitation department
noun the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage

sanitized
sanitised adjective made sanitary

sanity
saneness noun normal or sound powers of mind

sannup
noun a married male American Indian

sannyasi
sannyasin noun a Hindu religious mendicant

sans serif
Helvetica noun a typeface in which characters have no serifs

sansevieria
noun grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

Sanskrit
Sanskritic language noun (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Sanskrit literature
noun Hindu literature written in Sanskrit

Santa Ana
noun a city in southern California east of Long Beach

Santa Anna
Santa Ana noun Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)

Santa Barbara
noun a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean

Santa Catalina
Catalina Island noun an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California

Santa Clara
noun a city of west central California; residential area with light industry

Santa Claus
Santa noun the legendary patron saint of children

Santa Cruz
noun a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center

Santa Cruz cypress
Cupressus abramsiana noun rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species

Santa Fe Trail
noun a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century

Santa Gertrudis
noun Brahman and shorthorn crossbreed of red cattle; hardy in hot regions

Santa Lucia fir
bristlecone fir noun a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines

Santa Maria del Tule
noun a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress

Santalaceae
family Santalaceae noun chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit

Santalales
order Santalales noun order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots

Santalum
genus Santalum noun parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

Santee
noun the Siouan language spoken by the Santee

Santiago
Santiago de Cuba noun a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

Santiago de Cuba
noun port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center

Santiago de los Caballeros
noun city in the northern Dominican Republic

santims
noun 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia

Santo Domingo
Ciudad Trujillo noun the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic; `Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere`

Santolina
genus Santolina noun genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads

Santos
noun a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo

Sanvitalia
genus Sanvitalia noun small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia

Sao Bernardo do Campo
noun a city in southeastern Brazil; an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo

Sao Francisco
noun a river in eastern Brazil flowing into the Atlantic Ocean

Sao Goncalo
noun an industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro

Sao Joao de Meriti
noun a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro

Sao Jose dos Campos
noun a city in southeastern Brazil east northeast of Sao Paulo

Sao Louis
noun a city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil

Sao Paulo
noun an ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America

Sao Thome e Principe monetary unit
noun monetary unit on Sao Tome e Principe

Sao Tiago Island
noun largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Sao Tome
noun capital of Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe noun island nation in the South Atlantic off the West coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves

Saone
Saone River noun a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone

sap
noun a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

saphenous nerve
nervus saphenus noun a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot

saphenous vein
vena saphena noun either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot

sapidity
sapidness noun a pleasant flavor

sapience
noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

sapiens
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens

sapiential
adjective characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; `a sapiential government`

sapiential book
wisdom book noun any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom

Sapindaceae
family Sapindaceae noun chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins

Sapindales
order Sapindales noun an order of dicotyledonous plants

Sapindus
genus Sapindus noun type genus of the Sapindaceae

Sapir
Edward Sapir noun anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)

sapless
adjective destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; `the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks`- Norman Mailer

sapling
noun young tree

sapodilla
sapodilla plum noun tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

saponaceous
soapy adjective resembling or having the qualities of soap; `a soapy consistency`

Saponaria
genus Saponaria noun mostly perennial Old World herbs

saponification
noun a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)

saponified
adjective converted into soap; `saponified oils`

saponin
noun any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers

Sapotaceae
family Sapotaceae noun tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit

sapote
mammee 2 marmalade plum noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

sapper
noun a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines

Sapphic
adjective a meter used by Sappho and named after her

sapphire
adjective of something having the color of a blue sapphire; `sapphire eyes`

sapphirine
adjective made of or resembling sapphire

Sappho
noun the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)

Sapporo
noun a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido

sappy
adjective abounding in sap; `sappy maple trees`; `sappy kindling wood`

sapremia
sapraemia noun blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter

saprobe
noun an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water

saprobic
adjective living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen

Saprolegnia
genus Saprolegnia noun aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains

Saprolegniales
order Saprolegniales noun order of chiefly aquatic fungi

saprolite
noun a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place

sapropel
noun sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans

saprophagous
saprozoic adjective (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter

saprophyte
saprophytic organism noun an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

saprophytic
adjective obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

sapsago
noun a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover

sapsucker
noun small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees

sapwood
noun newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction

Saqqara
Saqqarah noun a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids

saquinavir
Invirase noun a weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV

saraband
noun a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

Saracen
noun (when used broadly) any Arab

Sarah
noun (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

Sarajevo
noun capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I

saran
noun any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things