| sardoin | <chemical> Sard; carnelian. Origin: Cf. F. Sardoine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sardonic | Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. "Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will." (Sir H. Wotton) "The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian." (Burke) Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter. Origin: F. Sardonique, L. Sardonius, Gr, perhaps fr. To grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr, which was said to screw up the face of the eater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardonic grin | The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh + caninus, doglike (05 Mar 2000) |
| sardonyx | <chemical> A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers. Origin: L, fr. Gr. See Sard, and Onyx. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saree | The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder. Origin: Hind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sargasso | <botany> The gulf weed. See Gulf. Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface. Origin: Sp. Sargazo seaweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sargo | <zoology> Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomodasys, and related genera. Synonym: sar, and saragu. Origin: Sp. Sargo, L. Sargus a kind of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sargoptes | <zoology> A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites. Origin: NL, from Gr, flesh + to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarigue | <zoology> A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face. Origin: F, from Braz. Carigueia, carigueira. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarin | <chemical> Chemical name: Phosphonofluoridic acid, methyl-, 1-methylethyl ester (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarkin | <physiology> Same as Hypoxanthin. Origin: Gr.,, flesh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarlyk | <zoology> The yak. Origin: Mongolian sarlyk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarmassation | Erotic squeezing, kneading, or caressing of female tissues and organs. Origin: G. Sarx, flesh, + masso, to knead (05 Mar 2000) |
| sarment | <botany> A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawbwrry. See Runner. Origin: L. Sarmentum a twig, fr. Sarpere to cut off, to trim: cf. F. Sarment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarmentaceous | <botany> Bearing sarments, or runners, as the strawberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |