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Sabianism
- - The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.
Sagittary
- - A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
Sagittate
- adjective - (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
Salic Law
- noun - the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes
Salicales
- noun - coextensive with the family Salicaceae
Salicylal
- - A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous acid or spiroylous acid.
Salicylic
- - Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
Saliences
- noun - the state of being salient