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Saucer MagnolianounMWElarge deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowersverified
Saurischian DinosaurnounMWEherbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodileverified
Sauropod DinosaurnounMWEvery large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbsverified
Sausage MeatnounMWEany meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausagesverified
Savings Account TrustnounMWEa savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetimeverified
Savings and LoannounMWEa thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgagesverified
Savings and Loan AssociationnounMWEa thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgagesverified
Savings Bank TrustnounMWEa savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetimeverified
Sawyer BeetlenounMWEany of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifersverified
Scale InsectnounMWEsmall homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy coveringverified
Scalene MusclenounMWEany of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second ribverified
Scalenus SyndromenounMWEdiscomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and armverified
Scaly AnteaternounMWEtoothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termitesverified
Scaly LentinusnounMWEa fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring)verified
Scaly PholiotanounMWEa gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scalesverified
Scaly PolyporenounMWEa fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturityverified
Scarabaeid BeetlenounMWEany of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikesverified
Scare QuotenounMWEthe use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminologyverified
Scarf JointnounMWEa joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-endverified
Scarlet BuglernounMWEplant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stemsverified
Scarlet FevernounMWEan acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rashverified
Scarlet FritillarynounMWEwestern United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowersverified
Scarlet HawnounMWEcommon shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berriesverified
Scarlet LychnisnounMWEEurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal headsverified
Scarlet Musk FlowernounMWEviscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowersverified
Scarlet OaknounMWEmedium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumnverified
Scarlet PimpernelnounMWEherb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weatherverified
Scarlet RunnernounMWEtropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennialverified
Scarlet Runner BeannounMWEtropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennialverified
Scarlet SumacnounMWEcommon nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesverified
Scenario analysisnounMWEThe process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes.verified