First Names Rhyming SANDON
English Words Rhyming SANDON
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SANDON AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SANDON (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (andon) - English Words That Ends with andon:
| abandon | noun (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. |
| | verb (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense. |
| | verb (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against. |
| | verb (v.) Abandonment; relinquishment. |
| bandon | noun (n.) Disposal; control; license. |
| randon | noun (n.) Random. |
| | verb (v. i.) To go or stray at random. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ndon) - English Words That Ends with ndon:
| achilles' tendon | noun (n.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. |
| clarendon | noun (n.) A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes. |
| corindon | noun (n.) See Corrundum. |
| fondon | noun (n.) A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation. |
| london | noun (n.) The capital city of England. |
| sindon | noun (n.) A wrapper. |
| | noun (n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. |
| tendon | noun (n.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (don) - English Words That Ends with don:
| abaddon | noun (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus. |
| | noun (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit. |
| acotyledon | noun (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. |
| anodon | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. |
| bombardon | noun (n.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. |
| bourdon | noun (n.) A pilgrim's staff. |
| | noun (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) |
| | noun (n.) A kind of organ stop. |
| boustrophedon | noun (n.) An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite. |
| burdon | noun (n.) A pilgrim's staff. |
| calcedon | noun (n.) A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones. |
| celadon | noun (n.) A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint. |
| chelidon | noun (n.) The hollow at the flexure of the arm. |
| cordon | noun (n.) A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon. |
| | noun (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. |
| | noun (n.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches. |
| | noun (n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing. |
| | noun (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. |
| coryphodon | noun (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant. |
| cotyledon | noun (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta. |
| | noun (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf. |
| croydon | noun (n.) A kind of carriage like a gig, orig. of wicker-work. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of cotton sheeting; also, a calico. |
| decachordon | noun (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp. |
| | noun (n.) Something consisting of ten parts. |
| dicotyledon | noun (n.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating. |
| diodon | noun (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs. |
| | noun (n.) A genus of whales. |
| diprotodon | noun (n.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| don | noun (n.) Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. |
| | noun (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. |
| | verb (v. t.) To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. |
| espadon | noun (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners. |
| euroclydon | noun (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. |
| formedon | noun (n.) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished. |
| gardon | noun (n.) A European cyprinoid fish; the id. |
| glyptodon | noun (n.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. |
| guerdon | noun (n.) A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. |
| | noun (n.) To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. |
| hagdon | noun (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater. |
| hecatompedon | noun (n.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate. |
| iguanodon | noun (n.) A genus of gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| labyrinthodon | noun (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus. |
| lardon | noun (n.) Alt. of Lardoon |
| leontodon | noun (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth. |
| lycoperdon | noun (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. |
| mastodon | noun (n.) An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time. |
| monocotyledon | noun (n.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. |
| mylodon | noun (n.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium. |
| myrmidon | noun (n.) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war. |
| | noun (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. |
| oreodon | noun (n.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer. |
| parallelopipedon | noun (n.) A parallelopiped. |
| polycotyledon | noun (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. |
| pteranodon | noun (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more. |
| siredon | noun (n.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl. |
| skaddon | noun (n.) The larva of a bee. |
| smilodon | noun (n.) An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus. |
| solenodon | noun (n.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique. |
| sphenodon | noun (n.) Same as Hatteria. |
| squalodon | noun (n.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's. |
| tetradon | noun (n.) See Tetrodon. |
| tetrodon | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. |
| toxodon | noun (n.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SANDON (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (sando) - Words That Begins with sando:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (sand) - Words That Begins with sand:
| sand | noun (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. |
| | noun (n.) A single particle of such stone. |
| | noun (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. |
| | noun (n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. |
| | noun (n.) Courage; pluck; grit. |
| | verb (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand. |
| | verb (v. t.) To drive upon the sand. |
| | verb (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud. |
| | verb (v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar. |
| sanding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sand |
| sandal | noun (n.) Same as Sendal. |
| | noun (n.) Sandalwood. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of slipper. |
| | noun (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep. |
| sandaled | adjective (a.) Wearing sandals. |
| | adjective (a.) Made like a sandal. |
| sandaliform | adjective (a.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper. |
| sandalwood | noun (n.) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. |
| | noun (n.) Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood. |
| | noun (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus). |
| sandarach | noun (n.) Alt. of Sandarac |
| sandarac | noun (n.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. |
| | noun (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral. |
| sandbagger | noun (n.) An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand. |
| sanded | adjective (a.) Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren. |
| | adjective (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound. |
| | adjective (a.) Short-sighted. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Sand |
| sandemanian | noun (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite. |
| sandemanianism | noun (n.) The faith or system of the Sandemanians. |
| sanderling | noun (n.) A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover. |
| sanders | noun (n.) An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. |
| sandever | noun (n.) See Sandiver. |
| sandfish | noun (n.) A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand. |
| sandglass | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass. |
| sandhiller | noun (n.) A nickname given to any "poor white" living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina. |
| sandiness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color. |
| sandish | adjective (a.) Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact. |
| sandiver | noun (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall. |
| sandix | noun (n.) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. |
| sandman | noun (n.) A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them. |
| sandnecker | noun (n.) A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker. |
| sandpaper | noun (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing. |
| | verb (v. t.) To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door. |
| sandpiper | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae. |
| | noun (n.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. |
| sandpit | noun (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken. |
| sandre | noun (n.) A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare. |
| sandstone | noun (n.) A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. |
| sandwich | noun (n.) Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard. |
| sandwiching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sandwich |
| sandworm | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore. |
| | noun (n.) Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters. |
| | noun (n.) The chigoe, a species of flea. |
| sandwort | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.) |
| sandyx | noun (n.) See Sandix. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (san) - Words That Begins with san:
| sanability | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness. |
| sanable | adjective (a.) Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy. |
| sanableness | noun (n.) The quality of being sanable. |
| sanation | noun (n.) The act of healing or curing. |
| sanative | adjective (a.) Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory. |
| sanatorium | noun (n.) An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium. |
| sanatory | adjective (a.) Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative. |
| sanbenito | noun (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. |
| | noun (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe. |
| sancte bell | noun (n.) See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus. |
| sanctification | noun (n.) The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy; |
| | noun (n.) the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. |
| | noun (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. |
| sanctified | adjective (a.) Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious. |
| | (imp. & p. p.) of Sanctify |
| sanctifier | noun (n.) One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit. |
| sanctifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanctify |
| sanctiloquent | adjective (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner. |
| sanctimonial | adjective (a.) Sanctimonious. |
| sanctimonious | adjective (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. |
| | adjective (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. |
| sanctimony | noun (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. |
| sanction | noun (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation. |
| | noun (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. |
| sanctioning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sanction |
| sanctionary | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction. |
| sanctitude | noun (n.) Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. |
| sanctity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. |
| | noun (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath. |
| | noun (n.) A saint or holy being. |
| sanctuary | noun (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. |
| | noun (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem. |
| | noun (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. |
| | noun (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship. |
| | noun (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection. |
| sanctum | noun (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum. |
| sanctus | noun (n.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus. |
| | noun (n.) An anthem composed for these words. |
| sane | adjective (a.) Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind. |
| | adjective (a.) Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons. |
| saneness | noun (n.) The state of being sane; sanity. |
| sanga | noun (n.) Alt. of Sangu |
| sangu | noun (n.) The Abyssinian ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back. |
| sangaree | noun (n.) Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink. |
| sangiac | noun (n.) See Sanjak. |
| sangraal | noun (n.) Alt. of Sangreal |
| sangreal | noun (n.) See Holy Grail, under Grail. |
| sanguiferous | adjective (a.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries. |
| sanguification | noun (n.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis. |
| sanguifier | noun (n.) A producer of blood. |
| sanguifluous | adjective (a.) Flowing or running with blood. |
| sanguigenous | adjective (a.) Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food. |
| sanguinaceous | noun (n.) Of a blood-red color; sanguine. |
| sanguinaria | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. |
| | noun (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. |
| sanguinariness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sanguinary. |
| sanguinary | adjective (a.) Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. |
| | adjective (a.) Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. |
| | adjective (a.) The yarrow. |
| | adjective (a.) The Sanguinaria. |
| sanguine | noun (n.) Blood color; red. |
| | noun (n.) Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. |
| | noun (n.) Bloodstone. |
| | noun (n.) Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the color of blood; red. |
| | adjective (a.) Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. |
| | adjective (a.) Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. |
| | adjective (a.) Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success. |
| | verb (v. t.) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. |
| sanguineless | adjective (a.) Destitute of blood; pale. |
| sanguineness | noun (n.) The quality of being sanguine. |
| sanguineous | adjective (a.) Abounding with blood; sanguine. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. |
| | adjective (a.) Blood-red; crimson. |
| sanguinity | noun (n.) The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. |
| sanguinivorous | adjective (a.) Subsisting on blood. |
| sanguinolency | noun (n.) The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody. |
| sanguinolent | adjective (a.) Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SANDON:
English Words which starts with 'sa' and ends with 'on':
| sabbaton | noun (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress. |
| sacration | noun (n.) Consecration. |
| sadiron | noun (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron. |
| saffron | noun (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus. |
| | noun (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine. |
| | noun (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice. |
| sagination | noun (n.) The act of fattening or pampering. |
| salification | noun (n.) The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified. |
| salination | noun (n.) The act of washing with salt water. |
| salivation | noun (n.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism. |
| salmon | adjective (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. |
| | verb (v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat. |
| | verb (v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. |
| | (pl. ) of Salmon |
| salon | noun (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. |
| | noun (n.) An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Societe des Artistes Francais (Society of French Artists). |
| saloon | noun (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. |
| | noun (n.) Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. |
| salpicon | noun (n.) Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce. |
| saltation | noun (n.) A leaping or jumping. |
| | noun (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery. |
| | noun (n.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races. |
| salutation | noun (n.) The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. |
| salvation | noun (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity. |
| | noun (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness. |
| | noun (n.) Saving power; that which saves. |
| samson | noun (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength. |
| sanitation | noun (n.) The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. |
| santon | noun (n.) A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit. |
| saponification | noun (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate. |
| sarculation | noun (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake. |
| sashoon | noun (n.) A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot. |
| satiation | noun (n.) Satiety. |
| sation | noun (n.) A sowing or planting. |
| satisfaction | noun (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands. |
| | noun (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation. |
| | noun (n.) That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement. |
| saturation | noun (n.) The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation. |
| | noun (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent. |
| | noun (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors. |
| satyrion | noun (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids. |
| saucisson | noun (n.) Alt. of Saucisse |
| saxon | noun (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. |
| | noun (n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon. |
| | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony. |
| | noun (n.) The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. |
| | adjective (a.) Anglo-Saxon. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. |
