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   sagacious
         adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to
                  be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
                  thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions";
                  "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to
                  educators" [syn: {perspicacious}, {sagacious}, {sapient}]
         2: skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and
            sagacious statesman"

English Dictionary: Sequoia gigantea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sagaciously
adv
  1. in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful"
    Synonym(s): astutely, shrewdly, sagaciously, sapiently, acutely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sagaciousness
n
  1. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
    Synonym(s): sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
  2. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
    Synonym(s): judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sauce chausseur
n
  1. brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine
    Synonym(s): hunter's sauce, sauce chausseur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sausage curl
n
  1. a fat sausage-shaped curl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sausage-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a sausage [syn: allantoid, {sausage- shaped}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schizosaccharomyces
n
  1. type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts
    Synonym(s): Schizosaccharomyces, genus Schizosaccharomyces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schizosaccharomycetaceae
n
  1. a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales [syn: Schizosaccharomycetaceae, family Schizosaccharomycetaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sequoia gigantea
n
  1. extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
    Synonym(s): giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sewage system
n
  1. facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage
    Synonym(s): sewage system, sewer system, sewage works
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sexagesimal
adj
  1. of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths; "the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
      to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
      {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.]
      1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
            following a trail.
  
                     Sagacious of his quarry from so far.   --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
            penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
            knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
            man; a sagacious remark.
  
                     Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
                     above our apprehension.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
                     and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
  
      Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. --
               {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
      to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
      {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.]
      1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
            following a trail.
  
                     Sagacious of his quarry from so far.   --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
            penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
            knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
            man; a sagacious remark.
  
                     Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
                     above our apprehension.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
                     and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
  
      Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. --
               {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
      to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
      {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.]
      1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
            following a trail.
  
                     Sagacious of his quarry from so far.   --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
            penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
            knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
            man; a sagacious remark.
  
                     Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
                     above our apprehension.                     --Dr. H. More.
  
                     Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
                     and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
  
      Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. --
               {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
      saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
      {Safe}.] (Bot.)
      (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with
            grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
            The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
            many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
            sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
      (b) The sagebrush.
  
      {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S.
            pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe.
  
      {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
            by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
            are added to the milk.
  
      {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
            more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
           
  
      {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
            of garden sage.
  
      {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse
            ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush
            plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
            plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female
            {sage hen}.
  
      {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare
            ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid
            regions of Western North America and lives among
            sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
            a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
  
      {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
  
      {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza
            Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains
            of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
  
      {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
            montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
            North America.
  
      {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis})
            forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
            leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
      saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
      {Safe}.] (Bot.)
      (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with
            grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
            The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
            many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
            sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
      (b) The sagebrush.
  
      {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S.
            pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe.
  
      {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
            by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
            are added to the milk.
  
      {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
            more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
           
  
      {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
            of garden sage.
  
      {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse
            ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush
            plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
            plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female
            {sage hen}.
  
      {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare
            ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid
            regions of Western North America and lives among
            sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
            a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
  
      {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
  
      {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza
            Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains
            of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
  
      {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
            montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
            North America.
  
      {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis})
            forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
            leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
      saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
      {Safe}.] (Bot.)
      (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with
            grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
            The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
            many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
            sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
      (b) The sagebrush.
  
      {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S.
            pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe.
  
      {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
            by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
            are added to the milk.
  
      {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
            more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
           
  
      {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
            of garden sage.
  
      {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse
            ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush
            plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
            plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female
            {sage hen}.
  
      {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare
            ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid
            regions of Western North America and lives among
            sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
            a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
  
      {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
  
      {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza
            Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains
            of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
  
      {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
            montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
            North America.
  
      {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis})
            forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
            leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sequacious \Se*qua"cious\, a. [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to
      follow. See {Sue} to follow. ]
      1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.
  
                     Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the
                     lyre.                                                --Dryden.
  
      2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.
  
                     In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter
                     being ductile and sequacious.            --Ray.
  
      3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent
            and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of
            thought.
  
                     The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent
                     among the sequacious thinkers of the day. --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
                     Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker,
                     as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were
                     slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the
                     planets.                                             --De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sequaciousness \Se*qua"cious*ness\, n.
      Quality of being sequacious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wellingtonia \Wel`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after the Duke
      of Wellington.] (Bot.)
      A name given to the [bd]big trees[b8] ({Sequoia gigantea}) of
      California, and still used in England. See {Sequoia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sequoi89ne \Se*quoi"[89]ne\, n. (Chem.)
      A hydrocarbon ({C13H10}) obtained in white fluorescent
      crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
      California [bd]big tree[b8] ({Sequoia gigantea}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexagenary \Sex*ag"e*na*ry\, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni
      sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf.
      sexag[82]naire. See {Six}.]
      Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by
      sixties; sixty years old.
  
      {Sexagenary arithmetic}. See under {Sexagesimal}.
  
      {Sexagenary}, [or] {Sexagesimal}, {scale} (Math.), a scale of
            numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in
            treating the divisions of the circle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.]
      Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
  
      {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those
            fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as,
            [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also
            {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no
            others used in astronomical calculations.
  
      {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of
            computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
  
      {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, n.
      A sexagesimal fraction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.]
      Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
  
      {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those
            fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as,
            [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also
            {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no
            others used in astronomical calculations.
  
      {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of
            computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
  
      {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.]
      Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
  
      {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those
            fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as,
            [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also
            {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no
            others used in astronomical calculations.
  
      {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of
            computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties.
  
      {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[icr]z"[icr]*j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Syzygies}
      (-j[icr]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr.
      syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F.
      syzygie. See {Yoke}, n.]
      1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a
            planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; --
            commonly used in the plural.
  
      2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet;
            as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid
                  composed of two joints so closely united that the line
                  of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible
                  on the inner, side.
            (b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
  
      {Line of syzygies} (Astron.), the straight line connecting
            the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the
            latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of
            the moon.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Saguache County, CO (county, FIPS 109)
      Location: 38.07947 N, 106.29879 W
      Population (1990): 4619 (2306 housing units)
      Area: 8206.8 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Secaucus, NJ (town, FIPS 66570)
      Location: 40.78111 N, 74.06478 W
      Population (1990): 14061 (6013 housing units)
      Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07094

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Shaashgaz
      servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of
      the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Shaashgaz, he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep
  
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