sappho
— Noun
– English
~ the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)
sapporo
— Noun
– English
~ a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido
sappy
— Adjective
– English
~ effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
sappy
— Adjective
– English
~ abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"
sapraemia
— Noun
– English
~ blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
sapremia
— Noun
– English
~ blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
saprobe
— Noun
– English
~ an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water
saprobic
— Adjective
– English
~ living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen
Saprolegnia ferax
— Noun
– English
~ a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
Saprolegnia
— Noun
– English
~ aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
Saprolegniales
— Noun
– English
~ order of chiefly aquatic fungi
saprolite
— Noun
– English
~ a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place
sapropel
— Noun
– English
~ sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans
saprophagous
— Adjective
– English
~ (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
saprophyte
— Noun
– English
~ an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
saprophytic organism
— Noun
– English
~ an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
saprophytic
— Adjective
– English
~ (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
saprophytic
— Adjective
– English
~ obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
saprozoic
— Adjective
– English
~ (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
sapsago
— Noun
– English
~ a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover