Saint Patrick's Day |
March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. |
Saint Thomas Aquinas |
an Italian Catholic theologian and philosopher (b.1225?--d.1274). |
Saint Valentine's Day |
a holiday celebrated on February 14 of each year, observed mostly by the exchanging of tokens of affection or friendship; Valentine's Day. |
Saint Vincent |
the main island of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located in the West Indies in the Caribbean. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
an island country of the West Indies in the Caribbean, including the main island of Saint Vincent and some of the islands of the Grenadines. |
Saint Vitus |
a Christian saint who lived in Sicily in the third century A.D., considered the patron saint of dancers, actors, comedians, epileptics, dogs, and others. |
Saint Vitus's dance |
a type of chorea esp. affecting children. |
sake1 |
purpose; reason. [2 definitions] |
sake2 |
an alcoholic beverage of fermented rice, originating in Japan. |
sal |
in pharmacy, salt. |
salaam |
an obeisance, esp. a low, deferential bow performed with the right hand on the forehead. [3 definitions] |
salable |
available or suitable for sale; easily sold. |
salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. [2 definitions] |
salad |
any of various cold vegetable mixtures, usu. containing lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onions, and the like, and served with a dressing. [2 definitions] |
salad bar |
a self-service counter in a restaurant or cafeteria offering a variety of salad ingredients and dressings. |
salad days |
a time of youthful naiveté and inexperience. |
salad dressing |
a combination of oil, vinegar, and spices or other ingredients, used as a sauce for salads. |
salade niçoise |
(sometimes caps.) a salad consisting mainly of tuna, tomatoes, cooked green beans and potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and often greens, usu. dressed with a garlic vinaigrette. |
salamander |
any of a variety of small amphibians that have a long tail and moist scaleless skin, and that look like lizards. |
salami |
a spicy, salty sausage, originally from Italy, that is usu. made with beef or pork. |
sal ammoniac |
ammonium chloride. |