saber saw

a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut ;

sabertooth

any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene ;

sabicu

West Indian tree yielding la hard dark born wood resembling mahogany in texture and value ; the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany ;

sabicu wood

the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany ;

sabin

United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906) ; a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound ;

sabin vaccine

an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis ;

sabine

a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico ; a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC ;

sabine pine

medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones ;

sabine river

a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico ;

sabinea

small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood ;

sabinea carinalis

small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges ;

sable

marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur ; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable ; an artist's brush made of sable hairs ; a very dark black ; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten ;

sable's hair pencil

an artist's brush made of sable hairs ;

sable antelope

large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns ;

sable brush

an artist's brush made of sable hairs ;

sable coat

a fur coat made of sable furs ;

sabot

footwear usually with wooden soles ; a shoe carved from a single block of wood ;

sabotage

a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged ;

saboteur

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader ; someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks ;

sabra

a native-born Israeli ;

sabre

a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back ; a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle ;

sabre rattling

the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) ;

sac

a structure resembling a bag in an animal ; a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay ; a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule ; an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" ;

sac fungus

any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus ;

sacagawea

the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way ;

sacajawea

the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way ;

saccade

an abrupt spasmodic movement ; a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest ;

saccharase

an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose ;

saccharic acid

a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch ;

saccharide

an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain ;

saccharin

a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener ;

saccharinity

the excessive sweetness of saccharin ;

saccharomyces

single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates ;

saccharomyces cerevisiae

used as a leaven in baking and brewing ;

saccharomyces ellipsoides

used in making wine ;

saccharomycetaceae

family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates ;

saccharose

a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent ;

saccharum

tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane ;

saccharum bengalense

tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets ;

saccharum munja

tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets ;