<B>sacrifice fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Baseball.) a sacrifice hit in the form of a fly to the outfield. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrificehit">
<B>sacrifice hit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Baseball.) a bunt that advances a base runner or a fly ball that scores a base runner, although the batter is put out. It does not count as an official time at bat. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrificer">
<B>sacrificer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who sacrifices, especially a priest. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrificial">
<B>sacrificial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or used in sacrifice. <BR> <I>Ex. sacrificial rites.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>involving sacrifice or loss to the seller. <BR> <I>Ex. a sacrificial sale of summer dresses.</I> adv. <B>sacrificially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrificiallamb">
<B>sacrificial lamb,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing sacrificed for some gain or advantage. <BR> <I>Ex. The firemen may have to be the "sacrificial lamb" in obtaining concessions from the carriers (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrilege">
<B>sacrilege, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an intentional injury to anything sacred or held sacred; disrespectful treatment of anyone or anything sacred. <BR> <I>Ex. Robbing the church was a sacrilege.</I> (SYN) profanation. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrilegious">
<B>sacrilegious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>injurious or insulting to sacred persons or things; involving sacrilege. <BR> <I>Ex. sacrilegious acts.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>committing sacrilege; guilty of sacrilege. (SYN) impious, irreverent. adv. <B>sacrilegiously.</B> noun <B>sacrilegiousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrilegist">
<B>sacrilegist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person guilty of sacrilege. </DL>
<A NAME="sacring">
<B>sacring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a consecrating, especially that of the bread and wine in the Mass. </DL>
<A NAME="sacringbell">
<B>sacring bell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in the Roman Catholic Church: <DD><B> 1. </B>a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ringing of the bell at the elevation of the Host. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrist">
<B>sacrist, </B>noun. =sacristan.</DL>
<A NAME="sacristan">
<B>sacristan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person in charge of the sacred vessels, robes, and other property used in ceremonies of a church or monastery. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a sexton. </DL>
<A NAME="sacristy">
<B>sacristy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the place where the sacred vessels, robes, and other property used in ceremonies of a church or monastery are kept. (SYN) vestry. </DL>
<A NAME="sacrococcyx">
<B>sacrococcyx, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sacrum and coccyx regarded as one bone. </DL>
<A NAME="sacroiliac">
<B>sacroiliac, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with the sacrum and the ilium. <BR> <I>Ex. sacroiliac articulation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>designating the joint between the sacrum and the ilium. <DD><I>noun </I> the sacroiliac joint. <BR> <I>Ex. Strictly speaking, the sacroiliac is an area at the base of the spine; everybody has one (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrosanct">
<B>sacrosanct, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very holy; very sacred; inviolable. <BR> <I>Ex. He reluctantly accepts the sacrosanct character of FBI files (Scientific American). Nowadays modernism is sacrosanct under the name of experimentation (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>set apart as sacred; consecrated. noun <B>sacrosanctness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrosanctity">
<B>sacrosanctity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being sacrosanct; especial sacredness; inviolability. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] asked whether the basic, minimum civil liberties--"the sacrosanctity of the person"--could be infringed and even violated if the party leader so decided (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrosciatic">
<B>sacrosciatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the sacrum and the ischium. <BR> <I>Ex. the sacrosciatic notch.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sacrum">
<B>sacrum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cra,</B> <B>-crums.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compound, triangular bone at the lower end of the spine, made by the joining of several vertebrae and forming the back of the pelvis. <BR> <I>Ex. In the sacral region the vertebrae in some animals are considerably thickened without great change while in others they are much flattened and more or less fused into a platelike structure, the sacrum (A. Franklin Shull).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sad">
<B>sad, </B>adjective, <B>sadder,</B> <B>saddest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not happy: <DD><B> a. </B>full of sorrow; grieving. <BR> <I>Ex. You feel sad if your best friend goes away. I was very sad, I think sadder than at any one time in my life (John Bunyan).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>in low spirits. <BR> <I>Ex. She was sad because she lost her money.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>characterized by sorrow; sorrowful. <BR> <I>Ex. a sad life, a sad occasion.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>causing sorrow; distressing. <BR> <I>Ex. a sad accident. The death of a pet is a sad loss.</I> (SYN) deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, disastrous. <DD><B> 4. </B>expressing sorrow; gloomy; downcast. <BR> <I>Ex. sad looks, a sad countenance. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!" (John Greenleaf Whittier).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>dull in color; not cheerfullooking; dark. <BR> <I>Ex. The general colouring was uniform and sad (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>extremely bad; shocking. <BR> <I>Ex. a sad state of affairs. In the present sad state of international distrust, there is only a faint hope of achieving such a step in political evolution (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Dialect.) (of bread or pastry) that has not risen properly; heavy. noun <B>sadness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sad">
<B>SAD,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> seasonal affective disorder. <BR> <I>Ex. SAD symptoms often went away when the afflicted went south for the winter (Bruce Fellman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sadden">
<B>sadden, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make sad or sorrowful; depress in spirits. <BR> <I>Ex. The bad news saddened him. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become sad or gloomy. <BR> <I>Ex. Her face saddened at the news. Better be merry with the fruitful grape than sadden after none, or bitter, fruit (Edward FitzGerald).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="saddeningly">
<B>saddeningly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a way that saddens. </DL>
<A NAME="saddhu">
<B>saddhu, </B>noun. =sadhu.</DL>
<A NAME="saddle">
<B>saddle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a seat for a rider on a horse's back, on a bicycle, or on other things. <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of a harness that holds the shafts, or to which a checkrein is attached. <DD><B> 3. </B>something like a saddle in shape, position, or use. <BR> <I>Ex. The wide, curved end of a violin is called a saddle. The floorboards joined at the door where the carpenter covered them with a saddle.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a ridge between two hills or <DD><B> 5. </B>a cut of mutton, venison, or lamb consisting of both loins and the back portion between them, used as food. <DD><B> 6. </B>the rear part of the back of a male fowl, extending to the tail. <DD><B> 7. </B>the bearing on the axle of a railroad car. <DD><B> 8. </B>the part of certain gun carriages which supports the trunnions. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Bookbinding.) the center portion of the back of the binding; outer part of the spine. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a saddle on. <BR> <I>Ex. to saddle a horse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to load with (something) as a burden; burden. <BR> <I>Ex. He is saddled with too many jobs.</I> (SYN) encumber. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to put as a burden on. <BR> <I>Ex. If you like not my company, you can saddle yourself on someone else (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to train (a race horse). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a saddle on a horse. <BR> <I>Ex. It's time to saddle up and go home.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to get into the saddle. <BR><I>expr. <B>in the saddle,</B> </I>in a position of control or command. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] resigned in the belief that things would soon break down without him and he would be back in the saddle more firmly seated than before (Observer).</I> adj. <B>saddlelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="saddleback">
<B>saddleback, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hill or summit shaped like a saddle. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=great black-backed gull.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=saddleback seal.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="saddlebackcaterpillar">
<B>saddleback caterpillar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a green caterpillar having a brown mark shaped like a saddle on its back and stinging hairs which can cause severe irritation to the skin. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlebacked">
<B>saddle-backed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the back, upper surface, or edge curved like a saddle. <BR> <I>Ex. a saddle-backed hill, a saddle-backed horse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having saddlelike markings on the back. <BR> <I>Ex. a pinto horse with saddle-backed marking.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="saddlebackseal">
<B>saddleback seal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gray or yellowish seal with a black face and a black or brown band along the back and sides, found in arctic regions south to the St. Lawrence River; harp seal. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlebag">
<B>saddlebag, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a pair of bags laid across the back of a horse, mule, or other animal behind the saddle. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlebilledstork">
<B>saddle-billed stork,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large white and blackish stork of tropical Africa, with scarlet on the knees, feet, and bill. </DL>
<A NAME="saddleblanket">
<B>saddle blanket,</B> =saddlecloth.</DL>
<A NAME="saddlebow">
<B>saddlebow, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlecloth">
<B>saddlecloth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cloth put between an animal's back and the saddle. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlegall">
<B>saddle gall,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a raw area formed on a horse's back by uneven pressure of the saddle. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlehorse">
<B>saddle horse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a horse for riding. </DL>
<A NAME="saddleleather">
<B>saddle leather,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>hide of cattle especially prepared for making saddles. <DD><B> 2. </B>leather made to resemble this, for use in clothing and accessories. </DL>
<A NAME="saddlemaker">
<B>saddlemaker, </B>noun. =saddler.</DL>
<A NAME="saddlenose">
<B>saddle nose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nose considerably depressed at the bridge because of fracture or disease. </DL>
<A NAME="saddler">
<B>saddler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes, mends, or sells saddles and harness. </DL>
