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Sakinounsmall arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tailverified
Saladnounfood mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressingverified
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
Salalnounsmall evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berriesverified
Salamandernounany of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breedverified
Salenounan agreement or contract in which property is transferred from the seller to the buyer for a fixed price in moneyverified
Sale in GrossnounMWEa sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreageverified
Saleratusnouna white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacidverified
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
Salespersonnouna person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise to customers in a store or to customers who are visitedverified
Salicylate PoisoningnounMWEpoisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin)verified
Salinometernouna hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their densityverified
Salivanouna clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouthverified
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
Salmagundinouncooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressingverified
Salmon TroutnounMWElarge fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United Statesverified
Salmonberrynounwhite-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berriesverified
Salmonellosisnouna kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimuriumverified