| SAPIDNESSES | • SAPIDNESS n. the state of being sapid, pleasantly flavoured, also SAPIDITY. |
| SAPLESSNESS | • saplessness n. The state or condition of being sapless. • SAPLESSNESS n. the state of being sapless. |
| SAPONACEOUS | • saponaceous adj. Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy. • saponaceous adj. (Figurative) Slippery; evasive. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • SAPONACEOUS adj. slippery, elusive; soapy. |
| SAPONIFIERS | • saponifiers n. Plural of saponifier. • SAPONIFIER n. any agent used to cause saponification. |
| SAPONIFYING | • saponifying v. Present participle of saponify. • SAPONIFY v. to convert into soap. |
| SAPOTACEOUS | • sapotaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees. • SAPOTACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like sapota; belonging to sapota family of trees. |
| SAPPANWOODS | • SAPPANWOOD n. (Malay) the wood of a leguminous tree, formerly used to provide a red dye, also SAPAN, SAPANWOOD, SAPPAN. |
| SAPPHIRINES | • sapphirines n. Plural of sapphirine. • SAPPHIRINE n. a blue mineral, aluminium-magnesium silicate. |
| SAPPINESSES | • SAPPINESS n. the quality of being sappy. |
| SAPROBIONTS | • saprobionts n. Plural of saprobiont. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SAPROBITIES | • saprobities n. Plural of saprobity. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
| SAPROGENOUS | • saprogenous adj. Saprogenic. • SAPROGENOUS adj. growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction. |
| SAPROLEGNIA | • Saprolegnia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Saprolegniaceae – cotton mould. • SAPROLEGNIA n. any fungus of the genus Saprolegnia, one species of which grows on diseased salmon and was formerly thought to be the cause of the disease. |
| SAPROPELITE | • SAPROPELITE n. coal formed of sapropel. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |