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Found: 12,563 words.
A helmet. See Sallet.
Vegetables for salad.
See Saleratus.
The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.
A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
Salamander
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A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.
A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
Like or pertaining to the salamanders.
A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.
A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.
The salagane.
Salaried
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of Salary
of Salary
Salary
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Saline
of Salary
Sale
4 defs
Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
Alt. of Saleably
See Salable, Salably, etc.
See Salep.
Roughness or ruggedness.
Rough; rugged.
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.
Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour mil...
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
of Salesman
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
of Saleswoman
Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
Salian
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A Salian Frank.
Same as Salient.
Salience; onslaught.
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
Belonging or relating to the willow.
of Salix
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Cal...
A salt of salicylic acid.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by t...
A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Same as Salicylal.
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.
Salience
2 defs
The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Quality of being salient; hence, vigor.
Salient
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A salient angle or part; a projection.
In a salient manner.
Producing, or impregnated with, salt.