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- English Word Sapajou Definition Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
- English Word Sapan wood Definition A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
- English Word Sapful Definition Abounding in sap; sappy.
- English Word Saphead Definition A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.
- English Word Saphenous Definition Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.
- English Word Saphenous Definition Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.
- English Word Sapid Definition Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.
- English Word Sapidity Definition The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.
- English Word Sapidness Definition Quality of being sapid; sapidity.
- English Word Sapience Definition The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
- English Word Sapient Definition Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
- English Word Sapiential Definition Having or affording wisdom.
- English Word Sapientious Definition Sapiential.
- English Word Sapientize Definition To make sapient.
- English Word Sapiently Definition In a sapient manner.
- English Word Sapindaceous Definition Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.
- English Word Sapindus Definition A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.
- English Word Sapless Definition Destitute of sap; not juicy.
- English Word Sapless Definition Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
- English Word sapling Definition A young tree.
- English Word Sapodilla Definition A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.
- English Word Sapogenin Definition A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
- English Word Saponaceous Definition Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
- English Word Saponacity Definition The quality or state of being saponaceous.
- English Word Saponary Definition Saponaceous.
- English Word Saponifiable Definition Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.
- English Word Saponification Definition 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.
- English Word Saponified Definition of Saponify
- English Word Saponifier Definition That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.
- English Word Saponify Definition To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.