salary increase
         n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he
               got a wage hike" [syn: {raise}, {rise}, {wage hike},
               {hike}, {wage increase}, {salary increase}]

English Dictionary: Scleranthus annuus	by the DICT Development Group
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Salerno n a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
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saleroom n an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed; "in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom" Synonym(s): showroom, salesroom, saleroom
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scalar matrix n a diagonal matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are equal
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schoolroom n a room in a school where lessons take place [syn: classroom, schoolroom]
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Scleranthus n small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel Synonym(s): Scleranthus, genus Scleranthus
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Scleranthus annuus n widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers Synonym(s): knawel, knawe, Scleranthus annuus
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sclerometer n a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point
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Scyliorhinidae n small bottom-dwelling sharks [syn: Scyliorhinidae, family Scyliorhinidae]
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seal ring n a ring bearing a signet Synonym(s): signet ring, seal ring
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Silurian n from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air- breathing animals Synonym(s): Silurian, Silurian period
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Silurian period n from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air- breathing animals Synonym(s): Silurian, Silurian period
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slowworm n small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind Synonym(s): blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis
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solar energy n energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy; "the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy" Synonym(s): solar energy, solar power
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solar magnetic field n the magnetic field of the sun
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solar month n one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year
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solar wind n a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
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solarium n a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun Synonym(s): sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom, sun lounge, solarium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil,       OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root]       153.]       1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the             wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels             through the water.                         Behoves him now both sail and oar.      --Milton.          2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.          3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]                         Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails.                                                                               --Spenser.          4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.          5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.          Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as                the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.          6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon             the water.          Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails},                and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to                yards, with their foot lying across the line of the                vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs                with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft                sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after                leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are                quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases                under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark},                {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}.          {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft             for bending.          {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff.          {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the             seams square.          {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.                      {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are             stowed when not in use.          {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is             extended.          {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of             peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.                      {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}.          {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails.          {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of             sail.          {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the             wind.          {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence,             to begin a voyage.          {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or             take in a part.          {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in             saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to             acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.          {Under sail}, having the sails spread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salary \Sal"a*ry\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salaried}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Salarying}.]       To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to;       as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin       to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,       Dan. ski[91]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,       shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps       rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. [82]caille scale of a       fish, and [82]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of       German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See       {Shale}.]       1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny             pieces which form the covering of many fishes and             reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part             of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See {Cycloid},             {Ctenoid}, and {Ganoid}.                         Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, Glide                      under the green wave.                        --Milton.          2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,             resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a             scale of iron, of bone, etc.          3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the small scalelike structures covering             parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of             Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of             certain annelids. See {Lepidoptera}.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A scale insect. (See below.)          5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,             resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in             arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and             the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems             of ferns.          6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a             pocketknife. See Illust. of {Pocketknife}.          7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which             water is heated, as a steam boiler.          8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron             forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,             {Fe3O4}. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.          {Covering scale} (Zo[94]l.), a hydrophyllium.          {Ganoid scale}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ganoid}.          {Scale armor} (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales             overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.          {Scale beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the tiger beetle.          {Scale carp} (Zo[94]l.), a carp having normal scales.          {Scale insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             small hemipterous insects belonging to the family             {Coccid[91]}, in which the females, when adult, become             more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the             leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do             great damage to fruit trees. See {Orange scale},under             {Orange}.          {Scale moss} (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order             {Hepatic[91]}; -- so called from the small imbricated             scalelike leaves of most of the species. See {Hepatica},             2, and {Jungermannia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Schoolroom \School"room`\, n.       A room in which pupils are taught.
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Knawel \Knaw"el\, n. [Akin to G. knauelk, kn[84]uel,prop., a       ball of thread, coil. Cf. {Clew}.] (Bot.)       A low, spreading weed ({Scleranthus annuus}), common in sandy       soil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Sclerema \[d8]Scle*re"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.]       (Med.)       Induration of the cellular tissue.          {Sclerema of adults}. See {Scleroderma}.          {[d8]Sclerema neonatorum}[NL., of the newborn], an affection             characterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the             cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It             is usually fatal. Called also {skinbound disease}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sclerenchyma \Scle*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. sklhro`s hard       + -enchyma as in parenchyma.]       1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with             thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the             gritty parts of a pear. See {Sclerotic}.          Note: By recent German writers and their English translators,                this term is used for {liber cells}. --Goodale.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of             Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sclerenchymatous \Scler`en*chym"a*tous\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.)       Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sclerenchyme \Scle*ren"chyme\, n.       Sclerenchyma.
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Sclerometer \Scle*rom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + -meter.]       An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of       hardness of a mineral.
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Scyllarian \Scyl*la"ri*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of a family ({Scyllarid[91]}) of macruran Crustacea,       remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad,       flat antenn[91]. Also used adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seal \Seal\, n. [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a       little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign,       figure, or image. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sigil}.]       1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an             impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached             to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication             or security.          2. Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an             instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to             give a deed under hand and seal.                         Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond Thou                      but offend;st thy lungs to speak so loud. --Shak.          3. That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed             on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.          4. That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which             authenticates; that which secures; assurance. [bd]under             the seal of silence.[b8] --Milton.                         Like a red seal is the setting sun On the good and                      the evil men have done.                     --Lonfellow.          5. An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of             gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe             dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a             deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a             draintrap.          {Great seal}. See under {Great}.          {Privy seal}. See under {Privy}, a.          {Seal lock}, a lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal             in such a way that the lock can not be opened without             rupturing the seal.          {Seal manual}. See under {Manual}, a.          {Seal ring}, a ring having a seal engraved on it, or             ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring.             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Silurian \Si*lu"ri*an\, n.       The Silurian age.
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Silurian \Si*lu"ri*an\, a. [From L. Silures, a people who       anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.] (Geol.)       Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a       term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also       to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in       that country.          Note: The Silurian formation, so named by Murchison, is                divided into the Upper Silurian and Lower Silurian. The                lower part of the Lower Silurian, with some underlying                beds, is now separated under the name Cambrian, first                given by Sedwick. Recently the term Ordovician has been                proposed for the Lower Silurian, leawing the original                word to apply only to the Upper Silurian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slowworm \Slow"worm`\, n. [AS. sl[be]wyrm; the first part is       probably akin to sle[a0]n to strike, the reptile being       supposed to be very poisonous. See {Slay}, v. t., and       {Worm}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slur \Slur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Slurring}.] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[?]ra,       slo[?]ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren,       sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D.       sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]       1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.             --Cudworth.          2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson.          3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over             lightly or with little notice.                         With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his                      crimes.                                             --Dryden.          4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]                         To slur men of what they fought for.   --Hudibras.          5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.          6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to             connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.             --Busby.          7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to             mackle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.       s[omac]l, Icel. s[omac]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.       sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}.       {Sun}.]       1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,             the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar             influence. See {Solar system}, below.          2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.             [Obs.]                         And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.          3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the             ecliptic; as, the solar year.          4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected             by its influence.                         They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.                                                                               --Bacon.          {Solar cycle}. See under {Cycle}.          {Solar day}. See {Day}, 2.          {Solar engine}, an engine in which the energy of solar heat             is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a             steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.          {Solar flowers} (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at             certain hours.          {Solar lamp}, an argand lamp.          {Solar microscope}, a microscope consisting essentially,             first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight             through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window             shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for             converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a             small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image             of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or             in a darkened box.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]       An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination       of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is       too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.          {Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a             combination of lenses such that the image formed by the             lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the             objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular             or eyepiece.          {Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under             {Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}.          {Simple, [or] Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens             used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.       s[omac]l, Icel. s[omac]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.       sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}.       {Sun}.]       1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,             the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar             influence. See {Solar system}, below.          2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.             [Obs.]                         And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.          3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the             ecliptic; as, the solar year.          4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected             by its influence.                         They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.                                                                               --Bacon.          {Solar cycle}. See under {Cycle}.          {Solar day}. See {Day}, 2.          {Solar engine}, an engine in which the energy of solar heat             is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a             steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.          {Solar flowers} (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at             certain hours.          {Solar lamp}, an argand lamp.          {Solar microscope}, a microscope consisting essentially,             first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight             through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window             shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for             converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a             small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image             of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or             in a darkened box.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Month \Month\, n. [OE. month, moneth, AS. m[d3]n[?], m[d3]na[?];       akin to m[d3]na moon, and to D. maand month, G. monat, OHG.       m[be]n[d3]d, Icel. m[be]nu[?]r, m[be]na[?]r, Goth.       m[c7]n[d3][?]s. [fb]272. See {Moon}.]       One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided;       the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the       length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the       name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called       a month.          Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or                twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed.                --Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the                common law is generally changed, and a month is                declared to mean a calendar month. --Cooley's                Blackstone.          {A month mind}.       (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] --Shak.       (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a             month after death. --Strype.          {Calendar months}, the months as adjusted in the common or             Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November,             containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February,             which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.          {Lunar month}, the period of one revolution of the moon,             particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are             distinguished, as the {synodical month}, or period from             one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m.             2.87 s.; the {nodical month}, or time of revolution from             one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36             s.; the {sidereal}, or time of revolution from a star to             the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the             {anomalistic}, or time of revolution from perigee to             perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and             the {tropical}, or time of passing from any point of the             ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7             s.          {Solar month}, the time in which the sun passes through one             sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1             s.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Solar month}. See under {Month}.          {Solar oil}, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.                      {Solar phosphori} (Physics), certain substances, as the             diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna             phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become             phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to             sunlight or other intense light.          {Solar plexus} (Anat.), a nervous plexus situated in the             dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of             several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating             nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating             nerve fibers.          {Solar spots}. See {Sun spots}, under {Sun}.          {Solar system} (Astron.), the sun, with the group of             celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve             round it. The system comprises the major planets, with             their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the             comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the             zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites             that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in             number, of which the Earth has one (see {Moon}.), Mars             two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune             one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far             discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first             four of which were found near the beginning of the             century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.          Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the                comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are                exhibited in the following tables: -- I. -- Major                Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth                being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of                orbit.Diameter in miles                [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]                II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from                sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of                orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54                Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2                [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]          {Solar telegraph}, telegraph for signaling by flashes of             reflected sunlight.          {Solar time}. See {Apparent time}, under {Time}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solar myth \So"lar myth\       A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon       ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[ecr]m"[ucr]n), n. [F. limon, Per.       l[imac]m[umac]n; cf. Ar. laim[umac]n, Sp. limon, It. limone.       Cf. {Lime} a fruit.]       1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange,             and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is             produced by a tropical tree of the genus {Citrus}, the             common fruit known in commerce being that of the species             {C. Limonum} or {C. Medica} (var. Limonum). There are many             varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.          2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.          {Lemon grass} (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass             ({Andropogon Sh[d2]nanthus}, and perhaps other allied             species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.          {Lemon sole} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow European sole ({Solea             aurantiaca}).          {Salts of lemon} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,             inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium             oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the             characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also {salts of             sorrel}. It is used in removing ink stains. See {Oxalic             acid}, under {Oxalic}. [Colloq.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Schlaer-Mellor          An {object-oriented analysis} (OOA), design and modelling       method that addresses the integration of structural and       behavioural properties.   It also allows an animation of the       design.          {I-OOA} is a tool that supports the Schlaer Mellor Design       Method.          (1995-01-31)