| sapwood |
the newer, softer layers of wood, between the bark and the heartwood, that conduct water and sap in a tree. |
| Saqqara |
village in Egypt near Cairo that served as the site of burial grounds for rulers of ancient Egypt and is home to some of the oldest pyramids. |
| saraband |
a stately Spanish court dance in three-four time. [2 definitions] |
| Saracen |
a member of one of the Syrian tribes at the time of the Roman Empire. |
| Sarajevo |
a city in former Yugoslavia, where Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914, an event that precipitated World War I; capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| saran |
any of various thermoplastic resins obtained from vinyl compounds and used for wrapping and packaging, to make acid-resistant pipe fittings, and as a fiber in some heavy fabrics. |
| Saratoga trunk |
a large trunk, used for travel by women in the nineteenth century. |
| sarcasm |
a scornfully ironic remark. [2 definitions] |
| sarcastic |
expressing or characterized by sarcasm. [2 definitions] |
| sarcocarp |
the fleshy part of a fruit having a pit such as a peach or plum. [2 definitions] |
| sarcoidosis |
a disease of unknown origin, characterized by the formation of lesions similar to tubercles in the liver, lungs, skin, bones, and lymph nodes. |
| sarcoma |
a malignant tumor that starts in the connective tissue of the body and spreads to other parts, esp. bone. |
| sarcophagus |
a carved stone coffin. |
| sarcous |
consisting or composed of flesh or skeletal muscle. |
| sard |
a hard orange or brownish red chalcedony, used as a gemstone. |
| sardana |
a folk dance of Catalonia, performed in a circle. |
| sardine |
a small, edible, marine fish harvested young and usu. packed in oil. |
| Sardinia |
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, south of Corsica. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| sardonyx |
an onyx in which bands of sard alternate with a white chalcedony, used as a gemstone in cameos and the like. |
| sargassum |
any of various tropical floating seaweeds that have specialized branches bearing air sacs among the leaflike growths that extend from a central stem. |