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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Sage WillownounMWEwillow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneathverified
Sagebrush ButtercupnounMWEsmall early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North Americaverified
Sagebrush Mariposa TulipnounMWEmariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stemsverified
Sago FernnounMWEa showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersidesverified
Salad BurnetnounMWEEuropean garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for saladsverified
Salad NicoisenounMWEtypically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capersverified
Sale in GrossnounMWEa sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreageverified
Sales AgreementnounMWEan agreement or contract in which property is transferred from a seller to a buyer for a specified priceverified
Sales DepartmentnounMWEthe division of a business that is responsible for selling products or servicesverified
Sales DivisionnounMWEthe division of a business that is responsible for selling products or servicesverified
Sales Finance CompanynounMWEa finance company that buys (at a discount) the installment sales contracts of retail merchantsverified
Sales ForcenounMWEthe division of a business that is responsible for selling products or servicesverified
Sales IncentivenounMWEremuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goalverified
Sales RepnounMWEa person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)verified
Sales RepresentativenounMWEa person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)verified
Sales TaxnounMWEa tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyerverified
Salicylate PoisoningnounMWEpoisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin)verified
Salivary DuctnounMWEa duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouthverified
Salivary GlandnounMWEany of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestionverified
Salmon TroutnounMWElarge fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United Statesverified
Salt DepletionnounMWEloss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balanceverified
Salt-Rising BreadnounMWEwhite wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulpverified
Salutatory AddressnounMWEan opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)verified
Salutatory OrationnounMWEan opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)verified
Sample DistributionnounMWEitems selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the populationverified
Sampling FrequencynounMWE(telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signalverified
Sampling StationnounMWEan observation station that is set up to make sample observations of somethingverified
Sanctum SanctorumnounMWE(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was keptverified
Sand BerrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverified
Sand BlackberrynounMWEstiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)verified