| rye2 |
a Gypsy man. |
| rye bread |
bread made entirely or partly with rye flour, often with caraway seeds added. |
| ryegrass |
any of several grasses native to Europe and Asia and cultivated in the United States for lawns, pastures, and forage. |
| -s1 |
used to form the third person sing. present tense of all regular and most irregular verbs. |
| -s2 |
used to form the regular plural of most nouns. |
| -'s2 |
used to form the possessive of most singular nouns, some plural nouns not ending in "s," some pronouns, and various noun phrases. |
| -'s3 |
shortened form of "is". [3 definitions] |
| -'s1 |
shortened form of "us". |
| S1 |
abbreviation of "south." |
| S2 |
symbol of the chemical element sulfur. |
| S3 |
abbreviation of "small." |
| s |
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. [4 definitions] |
| S.A. |
abbreviation of "société anonyme" (French), or "sociedad anonima" (Spanish), or "societa anonima" (Italian); corporation. |
| sabadilla |
a tropical American plant of the lily family, with poisonous seeds that are used in insecticides. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. [3 definitions] |
| Sabbath |
the day of rest and worship observed by Jews and certain Christians on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. [2 definitions] |
| Sabbatical |
(l.c.) used or intended as a period of rest, as a periodic leave of absence. [3 definitions] |
| sabbatical leave |
for teachers and some others, a year or half year of freedom from ordinary duties, granted periodically with full or partial salary. |
| sabbatical year |
see "sabbatical leave." [2 definitions] |
| saber |
a heavy sword, often slightly curved, with one sharp edge. [3 definitions] |
| saber rattling |
a menacing display of military force, or the verbal threat to use it. |