Words starting with s

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

saccharomycetaceae means: family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates

saccharose means: a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

saccharum means: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane

saccharum bengalense means: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets

saccharum munja means: tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets

saccharum officinarum means: tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar

sacco means: United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)

sacculate means: formed with or having saclike expansions

sacculated means: formed with or having saclike expansions

saccule means: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

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abashed means: feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

byzantinism means: the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

collector means: the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes

collector means: a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth

collector means: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

collector means: a person who collects things

cruel and unusual punishment means: punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

dandie dinmont terrier means: a breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears

depersonalize means: make impersonal or present as an object

edible asparagus means: plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable

fire insurance means: insurance against loss due to fire

flotilla means: a fleet of small craft

flotilla means: a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

flow means: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

flow means: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

flow means: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

flow means: any uninterrupted stream or discharge

flow means: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

flow means: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

flow means: the amount of fluid that flows in a given time