Satisfactory (a.) Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
Satisfiable (a.) That may be satisfied.
Satisfier (n.) One who satisfies.
Satisfied (imp. & p. p.) of Satisfy
Satisfying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Satisfy
Satisfy (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.
Satisfy (a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
Satisfy (a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
Satisfy (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
Satisfy (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Satisfyingly (adv.) So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
Sative (a.) Sown; propagated by seed.
Satle (v. t. & i.) To settle.
Satrap (n.) The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
Satrapal (a.) Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
Satrapess (n.) A female satrap.
Satrapical (a.) Satrapal.
Satrapies (pl. ) of Satrapy
Satrapy (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
Satsuma ware () A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.
Saturable (a.) Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.
Saturant (a.) Impregnating to the full; saturating.
Saturant (n.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
Saturant (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
Saturated (imp. & p. p.) of Saturate
Saturating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Saturate
Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
Saturate (v. t.) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
Saturate (p. a.) Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.
Saturated (a.) Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
Saturated (a.) Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.
Saturation (n.) The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.
Saturation (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.
Saturation (n.) Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
Saturator (n.) One who, or that which, saturates.
Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Saturity (n.) The state of being saturated; fullness of supply.
Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.
Saturn (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
Saturn (n.) The metal lead.
Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
Saturnalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.
Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.
Saturnian (a.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
Saturnian (a.) Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
Saturnian (a.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.
Saturnian (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.
Saturnicentric (a.) Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.
Saturnine (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
Saturnine (a.) Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
Saturnism (n.) Plumbism.
Saturnist (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.
Satyr (n.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
Satyr (n.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.
Satyr (n.) The orang-outang.
Satyriasis (n.) Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.
Satyric (a.) Alt. of Satyrical
Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.
Satyrion (n.) Any one of several kinds of orchids.
Sauba ant () A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
Sauce (n.) A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
Sauce (n.) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
Sauce (n.) Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.
Sauce (n.) Sauciness; impertinence.
Sauced (imp. & p. p.) of Sauce
Saucing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sauce
Sauce (v. t.) To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.
Sauce (v. t.) To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.
Sauce (v. t.) To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
Sauce (v. t.) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
Sauce (n.) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Sauce-alone (n.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Saucebox (n.) A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.
Saucepan (n.) A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
Saucer (n.) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
Saucer (n.) A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
Saucer (n.) Something resembling a saucer in shape.
Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Saucily (adv.) In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.
Sauciness (n.) The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.
Saucisson (n.) Alt. of Saucisse
Saucisse (n.) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
Saucisse (n.) A fascine of more than ordinary length.
Saucy (superl.) Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
Saucy (superl.) Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
Sauerkraut (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.
Sauf (a.) Safe.
Sauf (conj. & prep.) Save; except.
Saufly (adv.) Safely.
Sauger (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
Saugh () Alt. of Sauh
Sauh () imp. sing. of See.
Sauks (n. pl.) Same as Sacs.
Saul (n.) Soul.
Saul (n.) Same as Sal, the tree.
Saulie (n.) A hired mourner at a funeral.