saccharum officinarum

tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar ;

sacco

United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927) ;

saccule

a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) ;

sacculus

a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) ;

sacerdotalism

a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God ;

saceur

commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe ;

sachem

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) ; a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) ;

sachet

a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest ;

sachs disease

a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood ;

sachsen

an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons ;

sack

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) ; the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome" ; a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist ; a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily ; a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases ; a woman's full loose hiplength jacket ; any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) ; the quantity contained in a sack ; an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" ;

sack coat

man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit ;

sack race

a novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack ;

sackbut

a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone ;

sackcloth

a coarse cloth resembling sacking ; a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse ;

sackcloth and ashes

a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief ;

sackful

the quantity contained in a sack ;

sacking

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) ; coarse fabric used for bags or sacks ;

saclant

commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council ;

sacque

a woman's full loose hiplength jacket ;

sacral nerve

any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord ;

sacral plexus

a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs ;

sacral vein

vein of the sacral region ;

sacral vertebra

one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum ;

sacrament

a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction ;

sacrament of the eucharist

a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine ;

sacramental manduction

the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation" ;

sacramental oil

a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam ;

sacramental wine

used in a communion service ;

sacramento

a city in north central California 75 miles northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California ;

sacramento mountains

mountain range in New Mexico east of the Rio Grande ;

sacramento river

a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay ;

sacramento sturgeon

food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America ;

sacred college

(Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes ;

sacred cow

a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism ;

sacred fig

fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists ;

sacred ibis

African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians ;

sacred lotus

native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers ;

sacred mushroom

the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin ;

sacred scripture

any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group ;