Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 8
Saltigradae (n. pl.) (Zool.) 跳蛛科 A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also Salticidae.
Compare: Jumping spider
Jumping spider (n.) (Animals) 跳蜘蛛 Any spider of the family Salticidae, esp Attulus saltator, that catch their prey by hunting and can jump considerable distances.
Saltigrade (a.) (Zool.) （指昆蟲，蜘蛛等）適於跳躍的 Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
Saltigrade (n.) (Zool.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
Saltimbanco (n.) A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santinbanco.]
Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. -- Sir T. Browne.
Compare: Mountebank
Mountebank (n.) 江湖醫生；江湖騙子 A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
Mountebank (n.) [Historical] A person who sold patent medicines in public places.
Mountebank (n.) A person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.
Mountebank (n.) Any charlatan or quack.
Mountebank (v.) (Used without object) (v. i.) 走江湖；行騙 To act or operate as a mountebank.
Compare: Charlatan
Charlatan (n.) 冒充內行的人；騙子；（尤指）江湖醫生 A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.
‘A self-confessed con artist and charlatan.’
Compare: Quack
Quack (n.) [C] 庸醫，江湖醫生；冒充內行的人；騙子 The characteristic harsh sound made by a duck.
‘I heard a quack and saw some ducks huddled together.’
Quack (n.) A person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.
[As modifier] ‘A quack doctor.’
‘Quack cures.’
Quack (n.) [British ] [Informal ] A doctor.
‘He went to see the quack this morning.’
Quack (n.) The harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
Quack (a.) [Z] 庸醫的；冒充內行醫病的；冒牌的；吹牛的；騙人的 Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor.
Quack (v.) [No object] (v. i.) [C] 當庸醫；冒充內行，招搖撞騙 (Of a duck) Make a quack.
‘Ducks quacked from the lake.’
Quack (v.) [Informal] (Of a person) Talk loudly and foolishly.
‘He was still quacking about vinyl's alleged superiority to CDs.’
Quack (v.) [No object] (v. i.) To utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.
Quack (v.) (v. t.) [C] 用假藥（或假醫術）治療；大肆吹噓 Utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked".
Quack (v.) (v. t.) Act as a medical quack or a charlatan
Salting (n.) The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.
Salting (n.) A salt marsh.
Salting (n.) The act of adding salt to food.
Saltire (v.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.
Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
Saltish (a.) Somewhat salt.
Saltless (a.) Destitute of salt; insipid.
Saltly (adv.) With taste of salt; in a salt manner.
Saltmouth (n.) A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.
Saltness (n.) The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.
Saltpeter (n.) Alt. of Saltpetre
Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
Saltpetrous (a.) Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
Salt rheum () A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.
Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
Salty (a.) Somewhat salt; saltish.
Salubrious (a.) （氣候、空氣）有益健康的；清爽的 Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.
Salubrious (a.) Promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you" [syn: {healthy}, {salubrious}, {good for you(p)}].
Salubrious (a.) Favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite"; "one of the less salubrious suburbs".
Salubrity (n.) The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.
Salue (v. t.) To salute.
Salutary (a.) 有益的，有利的；有益健康的，強身的 Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.
Salutary (a.) Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
Salutary (a.) Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air" [syn: {good}, {salutary}].
Salutation (n.) The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.
In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober persons. -- Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Greeting; salute; address.
Usage: Salutation, Greeting, Salute. Greeting is the general word for all manner of expressions of recognition, agreeable or otherwise, made when persons meet or communicate with each other. A greeting may be hearty and loving, chilling and offensive, or merely formal, as in the opening sentence of legal documents.
Salutation more definitely implies a wishing well, and is used of expressions at parting as well as at meeting. It is used especially of uttered expressions of good will. Salute, while formerly and sometimes still in the sense of either greeting or salutation, is now used specifically to denote a conventional demonstration not expressed in words. The guests received a greeting which relieved their embarrassment, offered their salutations in well-chosen terms, and when they retired, as when they entered, made a deferential salute.
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. -- Luke xi. 43.
When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. -- Luke i. 41.
I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three friends. -- Addison.
Salutation (n.) An act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" [syn: salute, salutation].
Salutation (n.) (Usually plural) An acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) [syn: greeting, salutation].
Salutation (n.) Word of greeting used to begin a letter.
Salutation, () "Eastern modes of salutation are not unfrequently so prolonged as to become wearisome and a positive waste of time. The profusely polite Arab asks so many questions after your health, your happiness, your welfare, your house, and other things, that a person ignorant of the habits of the country would imagine there must be some secret ailment or mysterious sorrow oppressing you, which you wished to conceal, so as to spare the feelings of a dear, sympathizing friend, but which he, in the depth of his anxiety, would desire to hear of. I have often listened to these prolonged salutations in the house, the street, and the highway, and not unfrequently I have experienced their tedious monotony, and I have bitterly lamented useless waste of time" (Porter, Through Samaria, etc.). The work on which the disciples were sent forth was one of urgency, which left no time for empty compliments and prolonged greetings (Luke 10:4).
Salutatorian (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]
Salutatorian (n.) A graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises [syn: salutatorian, salutatory speaker].
Salutatorily (adv.) By way of salutation.
Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.
Salutatory (n.) A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Salutatory (n.) (American Colleges) The salutatory oration.
Salutatory (n.) An opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) [syn: salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory].
Saluted (imp. & p. p.) of Salute.
Saluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salute.
Salute (v. t.) To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
I salute you with this kingly title. -- Shak.
Salute (v. t.) Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must take the freedom to salute it. -- Addison.
Salute (v. t.) (Mil. & Naval) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
Salute (v. t.) To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. [Obs.] "If this salute my blood a jot." -- Shak.
Salute (n.) The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
Salute (n.) A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc. -- Tennyson.
Salute (n.) (Mil. & Naval) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
Salute (n.) An act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday" [syn: salute, salutation].
Salute (n.) A formal military gesture of respect [syn: salute, military greeting].
Salute (n.) An act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat.
Salute (v.) Propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail].
Salute (v.) Greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me".
Salute (v.) Express commendation of; "I salute your courage!"
Salute (v.) Become noticeable; "a terrible stench saluted our nostrils".
Salute (v.) Honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers.
Salute (v.) Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present].
Saluter (n.) One who salutes.
Saluter (n.) A person who greets; "the newcomers were met by smiling greeters" [syn: greeter, saluter, welcomer].
Salutiferous (a.) Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air. [R.]
Innumerable powers, all of them salutiferous. -- Cudworth.
Syn: Healthful; healthy; salutary; salubrious.
Salutiferously (adv.) Salutarily. [R.]
Salvability (n.) The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness. [R.]
In the Latin scheme of redemption, salvability was not possible outside the communion of the visible organization. -- A. V. G. Allen.
Salvable (a.) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. -- Dr. H. More. -- Sal"va*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"va*bly, adv.
Salvage (n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. -- Encyc. Brit.
Salvage (n.) (Maritime Law) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
Salvage (n.) (Maritime Law) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. -- Kent. Abbot.
Salvage (a. & n.) Savage. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Salvation (n.) 救助，拯救 [U]；救星；救助的手段（或工具）[the S] The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
Salvation (n.) (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
To earn salvation for the sons of men. -- Milton.
Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. -- 2. Cor. vii. 10.
Salvation (n.) Saving power; that which saves.
Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. -- Ex. xiv. 13.
Salvation Army (n.) An organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being "General." They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style.
Salvation (n.) (Theology) The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil [syn: redemption, salvation].
Salvation (n.) A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation".
Salvation (n.) The state of being saved or preserved from harm.
Salvation (n.) Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern".
Salvation () This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptians (Ex. 14:13), and of deliverance generally from evil or danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin wrought out by Jesus Christ, "the great salvation" (Heb. 2:3). (See Redemption; Regeneration.)
Salvationist (n.) An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.
Salvatory (n.) A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Salve (interj.) Hail!
Salve (v. t.) To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. -- Spenser.
Salve (n.) An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. -- Chaucer.
Salve (n.) A soothing remedy or antidote.
Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. -- Milton.
Salve bug (Zool.), A large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
Salved (imp. & p. p.) of Salve.
Salving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salve.
Salve (v. t.) To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. -- Shak.
Salve (v. t.) To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. -- Spenser.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? -- Milton.
Salve (v. t. & i.) To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
Salve (n.) Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve].
Salve (n.) Anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience."
Salve (v.) Save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save].
Salve (v.) Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing.
Salver (n.) One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack. [Obs.]
Salver (n.) A salvor. -- Skeat.
Salver (n.) A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
Salver (n.) A tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver.
Salver-shaped (a.) (Bot.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.
Salvia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants including the sage. See Sage.
Salvia (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb [syn: sage, salvia].
Salvific (a.) Tending to save or secure safety. [Obs.]
Salvific (a.) Pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption.
Salvos (n. pl. ) of Salvo.
Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. -- Eikon Basilike.
Salvo (n.) (Mil.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Salvo (n.) An outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs.
Salvo (n.) Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade, salvo, volley, burst].
Salvo (n.) A sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval."
Salvor (n.) (Law) One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so. --Wheaton.
Salvor (n.) Someone who salvages [syn: salvager, salvor].
Sam (adv.) Together. [Obs.] "All in that city sam." -- Spenser.
SAM (n.) [acronym] (Mil.) A Surface to Air Missile.
SAM (n.) A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target [syn: surface-to-air missile, SAM].
SAM, () SCSI-3 Architecture Model.
SAM, () Security Access Manager (MS, Windows, XP).
SAM, () Security Accounts Manager.
SAM, ()Sequential Access Method / Mode (SAM, DAM).
SAM, () Standard Application Model (XTM).
SAM, () Sort And Merge
SAM, () Storage Application Model (Seagate).
SAM, () Symantec Anti-virus for Macintosh (Apple).
SAM, () System Activity Monitor
Sam, () A multi-file screen editor with structural regular expressions. Sam runs under the X Window System.
(2000-07-16)
System Account Manager
SAM
(SAM) A password database stored as a registry file in Windows NT and Windows 2000.
The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users passwords in a hashed format. Since a hash function is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against offline cracking, Microsoft introduced the SYSKEY utility in Windows NT 4.0.
(2000-07-19)
Samara (n.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
Samare (n.) See Simar.
Samaria (n.) 撒馬利亞 [地名] An ancient city of central Palestine, founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel. The ancient site is situated in the modern West Bank, north-west of Nablus.
Samaria (n.) The region of ancient Palestine around Samaria, between Galilee in the north and Judaea in the south.
Samaritan (a.) 撒馬利亞的 Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.
Samaritan (n.) 撒馬利亞人 A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
Samaritan (n.) A member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times.
Compare: Bibilical
Bibilical (a.) 《聖經》的；《聖經》中的；按照《聖經》的；恪守《聖經》的 Of or in the Bible.
// A Biblical name.
Bibilical (a.) In accord with the Bible.
Bibilical (a.) Evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Bibilical times, especially in size or extent.
// Disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.
Samarium (n.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.
Samaroid (a.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
Samarra (n.) See Simar.
Samarskite (a.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
Sambo (n.) A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
Samboo (n.) Same as Sambur.
Sambucus (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
Sambuke (n.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
Sambur (n.) An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina).
Same (a.) Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. -- Ps. cii. 27.
Same (a.) Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
The ethereal vigor is in all the same. -- Dryden.
Same (a.) Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
What ye know, the same do I know. -- Job. xiii. 2.
Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. -- Daniel.
Note: Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.
Bees like the same odors as we do. -- Lubbock.
[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. -- Macaulay.
Same (a.) Same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" [ant: other].
Same (a.) Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" [ant: different].
Same (a.) Equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same] [ant: unlike].
Same (a.) Unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever."
Same (n.) A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame].
Same (n.) The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame].
SAME, () Standard ANSI Module language with Extensions.
SAME, () Stripe And Mirror Everything.
Sameliness (n.) Sameness, 2. [R.] -- Bayne.
Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like. "A sameness of the terms." -- Bp. Horsley.
Sameness (n.) Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Syn: Identity; identicalness; oneness.
Sameness (n.) The quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together" [ant: difference].
Sameness (n.) The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" [syn: monotony, humdrum, sameness].
Sameness (n.) [ U ] The quality of being the same as or very similar to something else.
// She was struck by the sameness of the houses.
Samette (n.) See Samite. [Obs.]
Samian (a.) Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.
Fill high the cup with Samian wine. -- Byron.
Samian earth, A species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
Samian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.
Samiel (n.) A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
Samiel (n.) A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa [syn: simoom, simoon, samiel].
Samiot (a. & n.) Samian.
Samite (a.) A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. -- Tennyson.
In silken samite she was light arrayed. -- Spenser.
Samite (n.) A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages.
Samlet (n.) The parr.
Compare: Parr
Parr (n.) (Zool.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
Parr (n.) (Zool.) A young leveret. Parrakeet