| satiate | 1. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; tho feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense. "These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it." (Bacon) "I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood." (Eikon Basilike) 2. To full beyond matural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut. 3. To saturate. Synonym: To satisfy, sate, suffice, cloy, gorge, overfill, surfeit, glut. Satiate, Satisfy, Content. These words differ principally in degree. To Content is to make contented, even though every desire or appetite is not fully gratified. To satisfy is to appease fully the longings of desire. To satiate is to fill so completely that it is not possible to receive or enjoy more; hence, to overfill; to cause disgust in. "Content with science in the vale of peace." (Pope) "His whole felicity is endless strife;" "No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life." (Beaumont) "He may be satiated, but not satisfied." (Norris) Origin: Satiated; Satiating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| satiation | Full gratification of a need or desire followed by a state of relative insensitivity to that particular need or desire. (12 Dec 1998) |
| satiety centre | A term referring to the region of the ventromedial nucleus in the hypothalamus; destruction of this small region in the rat leads to continuous eating and extreme obesity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| satiety response | Behavioural response associated with the achieving of gratification. (12 Dec 1998) |
| satin | A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface. "Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue." (Chaucer) Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. Farmer's satin. See Farmer. <zoology> Satin bird, an Australian bower bird. Called also satin grackle. <botany> Satin flower, the shining flycatcher (Myiagra nitida) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster. Satin stone, satin spar. Origin: F. Satin (cf. Pg. Setim), fr. It. Setino, from seta silk, L. Saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin. Sz-tun, sz-twan. Cf. Sateen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| satinwood | <botany> The hard, lemon-coloured, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sation | A sowing or planting. Origin: L. Satio, fr. Serere, satum, to sow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| satire | 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Synonym: Lampoon, sarcasm, irony, ridicule, pasquinade, burlesque, wit, humor. Origin: L. Satira, satura, fr. Satura (sc. Lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. Satur full of food, sated, fr. Sat, satis, enough: cf. F. Satire. See Sate, Sad, and cf. Saturate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| satisfactory | 1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation. 2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. "A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorius death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ." (Bp. Sanderson) Satisfac"tority, Satisfac"toriness. Origin: Cf. F. Satisfactoire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sative | Sown; propagated by seed. Origin: L. Sativus, fr. Serere, satum, to sow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| satrapess | A female satrap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Sattler's elastic layer | The middle layer of the choroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sattler's veil | A diffuse oedema of the corneal epithelium that may develop after wearing contact lenses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sattler, Hubert | <person> Austrian ophthalmologist, 1844-1928. See: Sattler's elastic layer, Sattler's veil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saturant | 1. <chemistry> A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance. 2. <medicine> An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |