| SARABANDES | • sarabandes n. Plural of sarabande. • SARABANDE n. (Spanish) a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, resembling the minuet, also SARABAND. |
| SARBACANES | • sarbacanes n. Plural of sarbacane. • SARBACANE n. (French) a blowpipe for shooting animals etc. |
| SARCOCARPS | • sarcocarps n. Plural of sarcocarp. • SARCOCARP n. the fleshy part of a stone fruit. |
| SARCOCOLLA | • sarcocolla n. Alternative form of sarcocol (“type of gum resin”). • SARCOCOLLA n. (Greek) a Persian gum from Astragalus or other plants, reputed to heal wounds. |
| SARCOLEMMA | • sarcolemma n. (Anatomy) A thin cell membrane that surrounds a striated muscle fibre. • SARCOLEMMA n. the cell membrane enclosing a muscle fibre. |
| SARCOMERES | • sarcomeres n. Plural of sarcomere. • SARCOMERE n. a unit of myofibril, in muscle. |
| SARCOPENIA | • sarcopenia n. (Pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof. • SARCOPENIA n. reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing. |
| SARCOPHAGI | • sarcophagi n. Plural of sarcophagus. • SARCOPHAGUS n. a stone coffin. |
| SARCOPLASM | • sarcoplasm n. (Anatomy) The interfibrillar cytoplasm of striated muscle. • SARCOPLASM n. the protoplasmic substance separating the fibrils in muscle fibres. |
| SARCOSOMAL | • sarcosomal adj. Relating to sarcosomes. • SARCOSOMAL adj. of or like a sarcosome. |
| SARCOSOMES | • sarcosomes n. Plural of sarcosome. • SARCOSOME n. a mitochondrion of a striated muscle fire. |
| SARDONIANS | • SARDONIAN n. (obsolete) a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent. |
| SARDONICAL | • sardonical adj. Synonym of sardonic. • SARDONICAL adj. bitterly or evilly humorous; grimly mocking, also SARDONIAN, SARDONIC. |
| SARDONYXES | • sardonyxes n. Plural of sardonyx. • SARDONYX n. (Greek) an onyx with alternate layers of sard and other mineral. |
| SARGASSOES | • sargassoes n. Plural of sargasso. • SARGASSO n. (Portuguese) a genus of algae including the gulfweed, also SARGASSUM. |
| SARGASSUMS | • sargassums n. Plural of sargassum. • SARGASSUM n. (Latin) a genus of algae including the gulfweed, also SARGASSO. |
| SARMENTOSE | • sarmentose adj. (Botany) Having long, slender, prostrate stolons (runners). • sarmentose n. (Biochemistry) A monosaccharide, with the molecular formula C7H14O4. • SARMENTOSE adj. producing long, flexuose runners or stolons, also SARMENTOUS. |
| SARMENTOUS | • sarmentous adj. Alternative form of sarmentose. • SARMENTOUS adj. producing long, flexuose runners or stolons, also SARMENTOSE. |
| SARPANCHES | • sarpanches n. Plural of sarpanch. • SARPANCH n. (Hindi) the head of an Indian village. |
| SARRACENIA | • sarracenia n. Any of various pitcher plants of genus Sarracenia. • Sarracenia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Sarraceniaceae – pitcher plants. • SARRACENIA n. a genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. |