saponify
— Verb
– English
~ become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; "the oil saponified"
saponify
— Verb
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~ convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify oils and fats"
saponin
— Noun
– English
~ any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
sapota
— Noun
– English
~ tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
Sapotaceae
— Noun
– English
~ tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
sapote
— Noun
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~ tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
sapote
— Noun
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~ brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
sapper
— Noun
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~ a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
Sapphic ode
— Noun
– English
~ an ode with several stanzas
sapphic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
sapphic
— Adjective
– English
~ a meter used by Sappho and named after her
sapphire
— Noun
– English
~ a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
sapphire berry
— Noun
– English
~ deciduous shrub of eastern Asia bearing decorative bright blue fruit
sapphire
— Noun
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~ a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
sapphire
— Adjective
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~ of something having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes"
sapphirine
— Noun
– English
~ a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
sapphirine
— Adjective
– English
~ made of or resembling sapphire