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2,378 words match “SAL”

SALOMETER n.
See Salimeter.
SALOMETRY n.
Salimetry.
SALON n. 2 definitions
ptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 18…
SALOON n. 2 definitions
ion, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay.
SALOOP n.
rk and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. J. Smith (Dict. econ. Plants). Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.
SALP n.
Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidæ.
SALPA n.
A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
SALPIAN; SALPID n.
A salpa.
SALPICON n.
Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce. Bacon.
SALPINGITIS n.
Inflammation of the salpinx.
SALPINX n.
The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
SALSAFY n.
See Salsify.
SALSAMENTARIOUS a.
Salt; salted; saline. [R.]
SALSE n.
A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
SALSIFY n.
See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
SALSO-ACID a.
Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. [R.]
SALSODA n.
See Sal soda, under Sal.
SALSOLA n.
A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
SALSUGINOUS a.
Growing in brackish places or in salt marches.
SALT n. 17 definitions
uced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
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