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<A NAME="salesman">
<B>salesman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man whose work is selling. <BR> <I>Ex. Four salesmen were showing people suits and sweaters.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salesmanship">
<B>salesmanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the work of a salesman. <DD><B> 2. </B>ability at selling. </DL>
<B>salesperson, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is selling, especially in a store. (SYN) clerk. </DL>
<A NAME="salespromotion">
<B>sales promotion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the methods and activities involved in producing or selling a product or service, often in addition to direct selling and advertising. Sales promotion includes getting publicity through various media, distributing samples, providing displays in stores, and giving free demonstrations. <BR> <I>Ex. To increase exports one must spend freely on sales promotion of every kind (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salesresistance">
<B>sales resistance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a customer's unwillingness to buy, because of price, class, nature, and appearance of goods, or other causes. <BR> <I>Ex. to overcome sales resistance.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salesroom">
<B>salesroom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a room where things are sold or shown for sale. </DL>
<A NAME="salestalk">
<B>sales talk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a talk by a salesperson designed to sell something. <DD><B> 2. </B>any talk to convince or persuade. </DL>
<A NAME="salestax">
<B>sales tax,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tax based on the amount received for articles sold. <BR> <I>Ex. Her coat cost $50 plus 5% sales tax of $2.50.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="saleswoman">
<B>saleswoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman whose work is selling, especially in a store; saleslady. </DL>
<A NAME="salework">
<B>salework, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>work that is made for sale rather than for home use. <DD><B> 2. </B>work or things made in a perfunctory manner, and usually of inferior quality. <BR> <I>Ex. I see no more in you than in the ordinary of nature's salework (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="saleyard">
<B>saleyard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) a yard where livestock is sold; stockyard. </DL>
<A NAME="salian">
<B>Salian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Salii, a tribe of Franks who lived in the regions of the Rhine near the North Sea. <DD><I>noun </I> a member of this tribe of Franks. </DL>
<A NAME="salic">
<B>Salic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> based on or contained in the code of the Salian Franks. Also, <B>Salique.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="salicaceous">
<B>salicaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the family of trees and shrubs containing the willows and poplars. </DL>
<A NAME="salicin">
<B>salicin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bitter, colorless, crystalline compound of glucose, obtained from the bark and leaves of various willows and used in medicine as a tonic and to reduce fever. </DL>
<A NAME="salicinaplum">
<B>salicina plum, =Japanese plum.</B></DL>
<A NAME="salicine">
<B>salicine, </B>noun. <B>=salicin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="saliclaw">
<B>Salic law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the code of laws of the Salian Franks. <DD><B> 2. </B>a law believed to be based on this code, excluding women from succession to the crown. </DL>
<A NAME="salicylaldehyde">
<B>salicylaldehyde, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fragrant, colorless oil used in the manufacture of dyestuffs, odor bases, and petroleum additives, produced from phenol and chloroform. It is the aldehyde of salicylic acid. </DL>
<A NAME="salicylamide">
<B>salicylamide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a yellowish, crystalline compound made by treating oil of wintergreen with concentrated ammonia. </DL>
<A NAME="salicylate">
<B>salicylate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any salt or ester of salicylic acid. </DL>
<A NAME="salicylic">
<B>salicylic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with salicin. </DL>
<A NAME="salicylicacid">
<B>salicylic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crystalline or powdery acid used as a mild antiseptic and preservative, and in making aspirin. Salicylic acid is prepared by treating sodium phenolate with carbon dioxide. </DL>
<A NAME="salience">
<B>salience, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact or condition of being salient. <DD><B> 2. </B>a salient or projecting object, part, or feature. </DL>
<A NAME="saliency">
<B>saliency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B> <B>=salience.</B></DL>
<A NAME="salient">
<B>salient, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>standing out; easily seen or noticed; prominent; striking. <BR> <I>Ex. the salient features in a landscape. (Figurative.) the salient points in a speech.</I> (SYN) noticeable, conspicuous. <DD><B> 2. </B>pointing outward; projecting. <BR> <I>Ex. a salient angle.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) <DD><B> a. </B>leaping; jumping. A lion salient on a coat of arms is standing with forepaws raised as if jumping. <DD><B> b. </B>(of animals) saltatorial. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a salient angle or part; projection. <BR> <I>Ex. On some salients along the front ... [they] are raising questions for true scientific investigation (Gerard Piel).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a part of a fortification or line of trenches that projects toward the enemy. adv. <B>saliently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="salientian">
<B>salientian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to an order of amphibians that includes the frogs and toads; anuran. <DD><I>noun </I> a salientian animal. </DL>
<B>salifiable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be salified. </DL>
<A NAME="salification">
<B>salification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of salifying. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being salified. </DL>
<A NAME="salify">
<B>salify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to form into a salt, as by combination with an acid. <DD><B> 2. </B>to combine with a salt or add a salt to. </DL>
<A NAME="salimeter">
<B>salimeter, </B>noun. <B>=salinometer.</B></DL>
<A NAME="salina">
<B>salina, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a salt marsh or spring. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=saltworks.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="salination">
<B>salination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) salinization. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the salination of the soil which makes it barren (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="saline">
<B>saline, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>of salt; like salt; salty. <BR> <I>Ex. a saline taste.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>consisting of or constituting common salt. <BR> <I>Ex. saline particles, saline substances.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>containing common salt or any other salts. <BR> <I>Ex. a saline solution.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>of or having to do with chemical salts. <DD><B> b. </B>(of medicines) consisting of or based on salts of the alkaline metals or magnesium. <BR> <I>Ex. a saline laxative.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a salt spring, well, or marsh; salina. <DD><B> 2. </B>a salt of an alkali or magnesium, used as a cathartic. <DD><B> 3. </B>a solution with a high concentration of salt, especially one with a concentration similar to that of the blood, used in medical examinations and treatment. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Medicine.) the injection of a saline solution into the uterus to induce a miscarriage. </DL>
<A NAME="salinelle">
<B>salinelle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mud volcano which pours out a saline product. </DL>
<A NAME="salinity">
<B>salinity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>saline quality or condition; saltiness. <DD><B> 2. </B>saline concentration. <BR> <I>Ex. At very low salinities the electrical resistance of the solutions becomes very high (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salinization">
<B>salinization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the accumulation of salt, especially in the soil. <BR> <I>Ex. salinization of sea-coast farmland.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salinometer">
<B>salinometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hydrometer for measuring the percentage of salt present in a given solution. </DL>
<A NAME="salique">
<B>Salique, </B>adjective. <B>=Salic.</B></DL>
<A NAME="salisburysteak">
<B>Salisbury steak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> chopped beef shaped before cooking into a patty about twice the size of a hamburger, usually served with a gravy. </DL>
<A NAME="salish">
<B>Salish, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Salishan Indian. </DL>
<A NAME="salishan">
<B>Salishan, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with an American Indian linguistic stock of the northwestern United States and British Columbia, including Flathead and Coeur d'Alene. <DD><I>noun </I> this linguistic stock. </DL>
<A NAME="saliva">
<B>saliva, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the liquid produced by glands in the mouth and cheeks to keep the mouth moist, help in chewing and swallowing food, and start digestion of starch;spittle. Saliva is colorless and watery. (SYN) spit. </DL>
<A NAME="salivary">
<B>salivary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or producing saliva. </DL>
<A NAME="salivarygland">
<B>salivary gland,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various glands that empty their secretions into the mouth. The salivary glands of human beings and certain other vertebrates are digestive glands that secrete saliva containing the digestive enzyme ptyalin, salts, albumin, and mucus. </DL>
<A NAME="salivate">
<B>salivate, </B>verb, <B>-vated,</B> <B>-vating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to secrete saliva. <BR> <I>Ex. [Pavlov] found that ... dogs ... would quite quickly associate the sound of the bell with food and soon the bell alone would cause them to salivate (J. A. V. Butler).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to produce an unusually large secretion of saliva in, as by the use of mercury. </DL>
<A NAME="salivation">
<B>salivation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of salivating. <BR> <I>Ex. It is supposed that in ... salivation the presence of food in the mouth activates a particular clump of nerve cells (S. A. Barnett).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an abnormally large secretion of saliva, such as may be caused by mercury or nervous disorders; ptyalism. </DL>
<A NAME="salkvaccine">
<B>Salk vaccine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vaccine containing dead polioviruses that cause the body to produce antibodies. These antibodies protect the central nervous system from infection by live polioviruses. Salk vaccine is given in a series of injections. </DL>
<A NAME="salle">
<B>salle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hall. </DL>
<A NAME="salleamanger">
<B>salle a manger,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) dining room. </DL>
