Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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salviniaceae

noun

water ferns

salvinorin

noun

a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum

salyut

noun

either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s

samanala

noun

a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)

samarcand

noun

city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in...

sambre

noun

a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and...

sambucus

noun

elder; elderberry

sambur

noun

a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines

samizdat

noun

a system of clandestine printing and distribution of disside...

samnite

noun

an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania wh...

samolus

noun

genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimper...

samoyed

noun

Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz fa...

samoyede

noun

Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz fa...

sana'a

noun

the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central platea...

sanaa

noun

the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central platea...

sanatarium

noun

a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic...

sanctimoniousness

noun

the quality of being hypocritically devout

sandarach

noun

a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in var...

sandbagger

noun

someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in...

sandberry

noun

evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eu...

sandblaster

noun

a tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand; use...

sandglass

noun

timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the f...

sandgrouse

noun

pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having lon...

sandhopper

noun

small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on oc...

sandiness

noun

a texture resembling that of sand

sandpile

noun

a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled wit...

sandril

noun

antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from th...

sandspur

noun

grass of the eastern United States and tropical America havi...

sandwichman

noun

a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders

sanfoin

noun

Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved...

sangapenum

noun

a variety of gum

sangay

noun

an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last er...

sango

noun

a trade language widely used in Chad

sangoma

noun

a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder

sanguineness

noun

feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident

sanguinity

noun

feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident

sanicula

noun

chiefly American herbs: sanicle

sanitariness

noun

the state of being conducive to health

sanitisation

noun

making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

sanitization

noun

making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

sannup

noun

a married male American Indian

sannyasi

noun

a Hindu religious mendicant

sannyasin

noun

a Hindu religious mendicant

sansevieria

noun

grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped le...

santalaceae

noun

chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or on...

santalales

noun

order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferio...

santalum

noun

parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

santolina

noun

genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads

sanvitalia

noun

small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinn...

sanyasi

noun

a Hindu religious mendicant