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Salmwoodnounlarge tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable woodverified
Salpnounminute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each endverified
Salpanounminute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each endverified
Salpingitisnouninflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tubeverified
SalsifynounMediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible rootverified
Salsillanountropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substituteverified
SaltnounA non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.Credential
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
Saltationnoun(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surfaceverified
Saltbushnounany of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soilverified
Saltwortnounlow-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leavesverified
Salutationnoun(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)verified
Salutatorynounan opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)verified
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
Samannounlarge ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattleverified
Samisennouna Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundboxverified
Samizdatnouna system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literatureverified
Samosanounsmall turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hotverified
Samphirenounfleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowersverified
Sample DistributionnounMWEitems selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the populationverified
Samplingnounmeasurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)verified
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
Samsaranoun(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirthverified