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Found: 12,563 words.
See Sadh.
Same as Bushmen.
A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
Same as Sabian.
Same as Sabianism.
Alt. of Sabaism
See Sabianism.
A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.
Sabaoth
2 defs
Armies; hosts.
In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
Sabbatarian
3 defs
A strict observer of the Sabbath.
The tenets of Sabbatarians.
Sabbath
3 defs
A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christia...
Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.
Alt. of Sabbatical
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.
Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.
A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
Same as Sabian.
Same as Sabianism.
A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Sabellian
2 defs
A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only differ...
The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.
Saber
2 defs
Alt. of Sabre
Alt. of Sabrebill
of Sabre
of Sabre
Sabian
3 defs
An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.
The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.
The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.
Sabine
3 defs
Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
Sable
6 defs
A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
of Sable
of Sable
Sabot
2 defs
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
A kind of freezer for ices.
Sabre
3 defs
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
The curlew.
of Sabre
A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt.
A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc.
of Sabre
Growing in sandy places.
The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
Sandy; gritty.
Sac
4 defs
A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.
See Saker.
A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.