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   Saxicola
         n 1: Old World chats [syn: {Saxicola}, {genus Saxicola}]

English Dictionary: Saxicola rubetra by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saxicola rubetra
n
  1. brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: whinchat, Saxicola rubetra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saxicola torquata
n
  1. common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast
    Synonym(s): stonechat, Saxicola torquata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saxicoline
adj
  1. growing on or living among rocks [syn: saxicolous, saxatile, saxicoline]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saxicolous
adj
  1. growing on or living among rocks [syn: saxicolous, saxatile, saxicoline]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saxicolous plant
n
  1. plants growing among rocks [syn: rupestral plant, rupestrine plant, rupicolous plant, saxicolous plant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sociocultural
adj
  1. relating to both social and cultural matters
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sockeye salmon
n
  1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]
  2. small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
    Synonym(s): sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
      fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
      garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
      See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the
            size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
            delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}.
      (b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}).
      (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana
            Carolina}). See {Sora}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
      to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
      f[94]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[ucr] white,
      L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
      palita. Cf. {Pale}, {Favel}, a., {Favor}.]
      1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
            --Shak.
  
      2. [Cf. {Fallow}, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
            uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
  
      {Fallow chat}, {Fallow finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small European
            bird, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). See
            {Wheatear}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European singing bird ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). The
      male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
      and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
      tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
      side. Called also {checkbird}, {chickell}, {dykehopper},
      {fallow chat}, {fallow finch}, {stonechat}, and {whitetail}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
      similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
      pebbles.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
            ({Pratincola rubicola}); -- called also {chickstone},
            {stonechacker}, {stonechatter}, {stoneclink},
            {stonesmith}.
      (b) The wheatear.
      (c) The blue titmouse.
  
      Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
               {Saxicola}, {Pratincola}, and allied genera; as, the
               pied stonechat of India ({Saxicola picata}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saxicoline \Sax*ic"o*line\, a. [L. saxum a rock + colere to
      inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the
      characteristics of, the stonechats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saxicolous \Sax*ic"o*lous\, a. [See {Saxicoline}.] (Bot.)
      Growing on rocks.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
      G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.
      sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.
      {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]
      1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
            food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
            native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
            and crystallization, from sea water and other water
            impregnated with saline particles.
  
      2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
  
                     Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
                     . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
  
      4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
  
                     I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
                     of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.
  
      5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
  
                     Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
                     and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
  
      6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
            acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
            salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
  
      Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
               it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
               basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
               water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
               the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
               and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
               in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
               acid salts. See Phrases below.
  
      7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
            which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
            allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
            with a grain of salt.
  
                     Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.
  
      8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
            especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
  
      9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have
            survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
            of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
            table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
            of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
            and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.
  
                     His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
                     beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
                     salt.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      {Acid salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
                  replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
                  exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
                  acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
            (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
                  an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
                  composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
                  an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
                  a neutral salt.
  
      {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
            reaction, as sodium carbonate.
  
      {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
            regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
            oxide. [Obsolescent]
  
      {Basic salt} (Chem.)
            (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
                  than is required to neutralize the acid.
            (b) An alkaline salt.
  
      {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
            regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
            haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
  
      {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
            of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
            sulphate. See under {Double}.
  
      {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
            crystallizing plant juices.
  
      {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
            sodium chloride.
  
      {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)
            (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
                  neutralize each other.
            (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
  
      {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
  
      {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
            peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
  
      {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on
            exposure to the air.
  
      {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
            analogous compound.
  
      {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.
  
      {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
  
      {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
            of iron.
  
      {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)
            (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
            (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under
                  {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.
  
      {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
            the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.
  
      {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
            potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
            -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
            sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.
  
      {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
            called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
            or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
            -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
  
      {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
  
      {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
            or analogous compound.
  
      {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.
  
      {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
            containing sulphur in place of oxygen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sesquisalt \Ses"qui*salt\, n. [Sesqui- + salt.] (Chem.)
      A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the
      proportions of a sesqui compound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sesquisulphide \Ses`qui*sul"phide\, n. [Sesqui- + sulphide.]
      (Chem.)
      A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three
      atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly
      called also {sesquisulphuret}; as, orpiment, {As2S3} is
      arsenic sesquisulphide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sesquisulphide \Ses`qui*sul"phide\, n. [Sesqui- + sulphide.]
      (Chem.)
      A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three
      atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly
      called also {sesquisulphuret}; as, orpiment, {As2S3} is
      arsenic sesquisulphide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexisyllabic \Sex`i*syl*lab"ic\, a. [Sex- + syllabic.]
      Having six syllables. --Emerson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexisyllable \Sex"i*syl`la*ble\, n. [Sex- + syllable.]
      A word of six syllables.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sickish \Sick"ish\, a.
      1. Somewhat sick or diseased.
  
      2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste. -- {Sick"ish*ly},
            adv. -- {Sick"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Successless \Suc*cess"less\, a.
      Having no success.
  
               Successless all her soft caresses prove. --Pope.
      -- {Suc*cess"less*ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cess"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Successless \Suc*cess"less\, a.
      Having no success.
  
               Successless all her soft caresses prove. --Pope.
      -- {Suc*cess"less*ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cess"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Successless \Suc*cess"less\, a.
      Having no success.
  
               Successless all her soft caresses prove. --Pope.
      -- {Suc*cess"less*ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cess"less*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Syzygial \Sy*zyg"i*al\, a.
      Pertaining to a syzygy.
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