Name Report For First Name SEAN:

SEAN

First name SEAN's origin is Irish. SEAN means "gift from god. form of john from the french jean". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SEAN below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of sean.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with SEAN and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with SEAN - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming SEAN

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SEAN AS A WHOLE:

seana seanna daniel-sean seanachan seanan seanlaoch

NAMES RHYMING WITH SEAN (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ean) - Names That Ends with ean:

jean cuilean uisdean napolean gillean arjean bonny-jean culzean inghean jerean nighean ailean bean cailean damiean hagalean kean lean macbean maclean nathraichean teimhnean crisdean cuimean dean slean pellean torean

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (an) - Names That Ends with an:

achan ayan iman lishan loiyan nishan saran anan hanan janan rukan sawsan wijdan shoushan siran morgan regan nuallan jolan yasiman siobhan ran papan teyacapan tonalnan shuman lilian bian tan abdiraxman aman hassan labaan sultan taban aidan germian nechtan willan al-asfan aswan bourkan farhan ferhan foursan lahthan lamaan ramadan sahran shaaban shoukran aban abdul-rahman arfan ayman burhan ghassan hamdan ihsan imran irfan luqman ma'n marwan nabhan nu'man omran othman rahman rayhan ridwan safwan

NAMES RHYMING WITH SEAN (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sea) - Names That Begins with sea:

seabert seabrig seabright seabroc seabrook seaburt seadon seafra seafraid seager seaghda sealey seamere seamus searbhreathach searlait searlas searle searlus seaton seaver seaward

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (se) - Names That Begins with se:

seb sebak sebasten sebastene sebastian sebastiana sebastiano sebastien sebastiene sebastienne sebastyn sebe seber sebert sebestyen sebille sebo secg secgwic sechet seda sedge sedgeley sedgewic sedgewick sedgewik seely seentahna seeton sefton sefu segar segenam seger segulah segunda segundo seif seignour seiji sein seina seireadan sekai sekani sekhet sekou sela selam selamawit selassie selassiee selby selden seldon sele seleby selena selene seleta selig selik selima selina selk selma selvyn selwin selwine selwyn semadar semele semira sen senalda senapus senen sener

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SEAN:

First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'n':

sachin safin salamon salhtun salman salomon salton samman sampson samson sanborn sanderson sandon sanson santon sarpedon sasson saturnin saunderson saxan saxon scanlan scanlon scannalan scelftun scotlyn scrydan senon seosaimhin seosaimhthin seppanen serafin serban seren seton severin severn sevin sevrin sextein sexton shaan shaelynn shaheen shain shan shanahan shandon shann shannen shannon sharaden sharon shauden shaughn shaun shawn shawnn shayan shaylon shaylynn shayten shealyn sheehan shelden sheldon shelton sherbourn sheridan sherman shermon sheron sherwin sherwyn shiann shim'on shimshon shipton shohn shonn shyann siann siannan sidon siman simen simeon simon simpson simson sin sineidin sinjin sinon siodhachan siomon sion siubhan siusan skelton

English Words Rhyming SEAN

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SEAN AS A WHOLE:

beauseantnoun (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

colosseanadjective (a.) Colossal.

nauseantnoun (n.) A substance which produces nausea.

osseannoun (n.) A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.

paradiseanadjective (a.) Paradisiacal.

pegaseanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.

phariseanadjective (a.) Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic.

preseancenoun (n.) Priority of place in sitting.

seannoun (n.) A seine. See Seine.

seancenoun (n.) A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.

seannachienoun (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.

surceaseancenoun (n.) Cessation.

surseancenoun (n.) Peace; quiet.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SEAN (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ean) - English Words That Ends with ean:


achaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Achaian

acheannoun (a & n.) See Achaean, Achaian.

achilleanadjective (a.) Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

adamanteanadjective (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

adoneanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.

aegeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

amebeanadjective (a.) See Am/bean.

amoebeanadjective (a.) Alternately answering.

amphigeanadjective (a.) Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

andeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.

antaeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

antipodeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

apogeanadjective (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

aramaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Aramean

arameannoun (n.) A native of Aram.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.

archaeannoun (n.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.
 adjective (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

archimedeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.

argeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.

asmoneannoun (n.) One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

assideannoun (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

astraeannoun (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.

atlanteanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.

augeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

beannoun (n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
 noun (n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

bonaparteanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

briareanadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

cabireannoun (n.) One of the Cabiri.

cadmeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

caduceanadjective (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

caesareanadjective (a.) Alt. of Caesarian

cancellareanadjective (a.) Cancellarean.

caribbeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Caribbee

cerbereanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus.

ceruleanadjective (a.) Sky-colored; blue; azure.

cesareanadjective (a.) Alt. of Cesarian

cestoldeannoun (n.) One of the Cestoidea.

cetaceannoun (n.) One of the Cetacea.

chaldeannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.
 noun (n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.
 noun (n.) Nestorian.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

chalybeanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
 adjective (a.) Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.

circeanadjective (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

circumforaneanadjective (a.) Alt. of Circumforaneous

cleanadjective (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
 superlative (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
 superlative (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
 superlative (superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
 superlative (superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
 superlative (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
 superlative (superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
 superlative (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
 superlative (superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
 superlative (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
 adverb (adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
 adverb (adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

coetaneannoun (n.) A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.

conterraneanadjective (a.) Alt. of Conterraneous

cornopeannoun (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.

cotqueannoun (n.) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
 noun (n.) A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.

creoleanadjective (a.) Alt. of Creolian

crinoideannoun (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

crustaceannoun (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

ctenoideannoun (n.) One of the Ctenoidei.
 adjective (a.) Relating to the Ctenoidei.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SEAN (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sea) - Words That Begins with sea:


seanoun (n.) One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
 noun (n.) An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
 noun (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
 noun (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
 noun (n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.

seabeachnoun (n.) A beach lying along the sea.

seabeardnoun (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.

seaboardnoun (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
 adjective (a.) Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.
 adverb (adv.) Toward the sea.

seabordnoun (n. & a.) See Seaboard.

seaboundadjective (a.) Bounded by the sea.

seacoastnoun (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

seafarernoun (n.) One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.

seafaringadjective (a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.

seagirtadjective (a.) Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.

seagoingadjective (a.) Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

seahnoun (n.) A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.

seaknoun (n.) Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.

sealnoun (n.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
 noun (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
 noun (n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
 noun (n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
 noun (n.) That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.
 noun (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
 verb (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
 verb (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
 verb (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
 verb (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
 verb (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
 verb (v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
 verb (v. i.) To affix one's seal, or a seal.
  () A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime.

sealernoun (n.) One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
 noun (n.) A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

sealghnoun (n.) Alt. of Selch

seamnoun (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.
 noun (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
 noun (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
 noun (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
 noun (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
 noun (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
 noun (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
 noun (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
 verb (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
 verb (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
 verb (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
 verb (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.

seamingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seam
 noun (n.) The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
 noun (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.

seamannoun (n.) A merman; the male of the mermaid.
 noun (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.

seamanlikeadjective (a.) Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

seamanshipnoun (n.) The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

seamarknoun (n.) Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.

seamedadjective (a.) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Seam

seamlessadjective (a.) Without a seam.

seamsternoun (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.

seamstressnoun (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

seamstressynoun (n.) The business of a seamstress.

seamyadjective (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.

seapiecenoun (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.

seaportnoun (n.) A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.

seapoynoun (n.) See Sepoy.

seaquakenoun (n.) A quaking of the sea.

searnoun (n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Sere
 adjective (a.) To wither; to dry up.
 adjective (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.

searingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sear

searcenoun (n.) A fine sieve.
 verb (v. t.) To sift; to bolt.

searcernoun (n.) One who sifts or bolts.
 noun (n.) A searce, or sieve.

searchingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Search
 adjective (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye.

searchableadjective (a.) Capable of being searched.

searchablenessnoun (n.) Quality of being searchable.

searchernoun (n.) One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.
 noun (n.) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
 noun (n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
 noun (n.) An inspector of leather.
 noun (n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
 noun (n.) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
 noun (n.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.

searchlessadjective (a.) Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.

searclothnoun (n.) Cerecloth.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.

searedadjective (a.) Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Sear

searednessnoun (n.) The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.

sea sauriannoun (n.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.

seascapenoun (n.) A picture representing a scene at sea.

seashellnoun (n.) The shell of any marine mollusk.

seashorenoun (n.) The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
 noun (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.

seasickadjective (a.) Affected with seasickness.

seasicknessnoun (n.) The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SEAN:

English Words which starts with 's' and ends with 'n':

saannoun (n. pl.) Same as Bushmen.

sabaeannoun (a. & n.) Same as Sabian.

sabbatariannoun (n.) One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
 noun (n.) A strict observer of the Sabbath.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.

sabbatonnoun (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.

sabeannoun (a. & n.) Same as Sabian.

sabelliannoun (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.

sabiannoun (n.) An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
 adjective (a.) Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.

saccharinnoun (n.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).

sacchulminnoun (n.) An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.

sacramentariannoun (n.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
 noun (n.) One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.

sacrationnoun (n.) Consecration.

sacristannoun (n.) An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

sadironnoun (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.

saffronnoun (n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
 noun (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
 noun (n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
 adjective (a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
 verb (v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.

safraninnoun (n.) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
 noun (n.) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
 noun (n.) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.

sagapennoun (n.) Sagapenum.

saginationnoun (n.) The act of fattening or pampering.

sagoinnoun (n.) A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.

sainfoinnoun (n.) A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.
 noun (n.) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).

salesmannoun (n.) One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

saleswomannoun (n.) A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

saliannoun (n.) A Salian Frank.
 adjective (a.) Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.

salicinnoun (n.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

salificationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.

saligeninnoun (n.) A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.

salinationnoun (n.) The act of washing with salt water.

saliretinnoun (n.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.

salivationnoun (n.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.

sallymannoun (n.) The velella; -- called also saleeman.

salmonadjective (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
 verb (v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
 verb (v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
  (pl. ) of Salmon

salogennoun (n.) A halogen.

salonnoun (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
 noun (n.) An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, 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 Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Societe des Artistes Francais (Society of French Artists).

saloonnoun (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
 noun (n.) Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.

salpiannoun (n.) Alt. of Salpid

salpiconnoun (n.) Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.

saltationnoun (n.) A leaping or jumping.
 noun (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
 noun (n.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.

salternnoun (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

salutationnoun (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.

salutatoriannoun (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.

salvationnoun (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
 noun (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
 noun (n.) Saving power; that which saves.

samaritannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.

samiannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.

samoannoun (n.) An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.

sampannoun (n.) A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.

samsonnoun (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.

sanationnoun (n.) The act of healing or curing.

sanctificationnoun (n.) The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
 noun (n.) the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
 noun (n.) The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.

sanctionnoun (n.) Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
 noun (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
 verb (v. t.) To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

sandemaniannoun (n.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.

sandmannoun (n.) A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.

sanguificationnoun (n.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.

sanhedrinnoun (n.) Alt. of Sanhedrim

sanitariannoun (n.) An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.

sanitationnoun (n.) The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

santalinnoun (n.) Santalic acid. See Santalic.

santonnoun (n.) A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

santoninnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.

sapogeninnoun (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

saponificationnoun (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

saponinnoun (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.

saprophagannoun (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.

saracennoun (n.) Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

sarasinnoun (n.) See Sarrasin.

sarcinnoun (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

sarcophagannoun (n.) Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.
 noun (n.) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.

sarcosinnoun (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

sarculationnoun (n.) A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.

sardannoun (n.) Alt. of Sardel

sardiniannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.

sardoinnoun (n.) Sard; carnelian.

sardonianadjective (a.) Sardonic.

sarkinnoun (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

sarmatianadjective (a.) Alt. of Sarmatic

sarnnoun (n.) A pavement or stepping-stone.

sarrasinnoun (n.) Alt. of Sarrasine

sarsaparillinnoun (n.) See Parillin.

sarsennoun (n.) One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.

sashoonnoun (n.) A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot.

sasinnoun (n.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.

sassolinnoun (n.) Alt. of Sassoline

satannoun (n.) The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.

sateennoun (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

satiationnoun (n.) Satiety.

satinnoun (n.) A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.

sationnoun (n.) A sowing or planting.

satisfactionnoun (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
 noun (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
 noun (n.) That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.

saturationnoun (n.) The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
 noun (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
 noun (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.

saturnnoun (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
 noun (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
 noun (n.) The metal lead.

saturnalianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
 adjective (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.

saturniannoun (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.

satyrionnoun (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids.

saucepannoun (n.) A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.

saucissonnoun (n.) Alt. of Saucisse

sauriannoun (n.) One of the Sauria.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.

savaciounnoun (n.) Salvation.

savinnoun (n.) Alt. of Savine

saxhornnoun (n.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.

saxonnoun (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
 noun (n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
 noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
 noun (n.) The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
 adjective (a.) Anglo-Saxon.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.

saymannoun (n.) One who assays.

scalenohedronnoun (n.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.