<B>sang-froid</B> or <B>sangfroid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> coolness of mind; calmness; composure. <BR> <I>Ex. The Canadian bush pilots, on the other hand, tended to call it "pretty much routine, so long as you look where you are going"--a view which may be an overemphasis of their professional sangfroid (Harper's).</I> (SYN) equanimity, imperturbability. </DL>
<A NAME="sangha">
<B>sangha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Buddhist monastic community; Buddhist monks and nuns collectively. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the hundred thousand monks who wear the saffron robe of the Buddhist sangha (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sango">
<B>Sango, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, and adjacent areas. </DL>
<A NAME="sangraal">
<B>Sangraal, </B>noun. <B>=Holy Grail.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sangreal">
<B>Sangreal, </B>noun. <B>=Holy Grail.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sangria">
<B>sangria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Spanish drink made of red or white wine mixed with fruit juice and club soda or water, and often fruit slices. <BR> <I>Ex. Along with the flamenco comes sangria (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanguicolous">
<B>sanguicolous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> inhabiting the blood, as a parasite. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguiferous">
<B>sanguiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing or conveying blood, as a vein. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguification">
<B>sanguification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the production of blood. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguimotor">
<B>sanguimotor, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the circulation of the blood. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguinaria">
<B>sanguinaria, </B>noun. <B>=bloodroot.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sanguinarily">
<B>sanguinarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a sanguinary manner; bloodthirstily. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguinarine">
<B>sanguinarine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an alkaloid obtained from the roots of the sanguinaria. </DL>
<B>sanguinary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>with much blood or bloodshed; bloody. <BR> <I>Ex. a sanguinary battle. We may not propagate Religion by wars or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences (Francis Bacon).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>delighting in bloodshed; bloodthirsty. <BR> <I>Ex. a sanguinary rebel. The sanguinary and ferocious conversation of his captor--the list of slain that his arm had sent to their long account ... made him tremble (G. P. R. James).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>imposing the death penalty freely; <I>sanguinary laws.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>of blood. </DL>
<A NAME="sanguine">
<B>sanguine, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>naturally cheerful and hopeful. <BR> <I>Ex. a sanguine disposition. The invincible hopefulness of his sanguine temperament had now got Mr. Britling well out of the pessimistic pit again (H. G. Wells).</I> (SYN) optimistic. <DD><B> 2. </B>confident; hopeful. <BR> <I>Ex. sanguine of success. I was not too sanguine of seeing an epic when I took my seat in the Garden on the night of the fight (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) optimistic. <DD><B> 3. </B>having a healthy red color; ruddy. <BR> <I>Ex. a sanguine complexion.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(in ancient and medieval physiology) having blood as the predominant humor, indicated by a ruddy complexion and a cheerful and ardent disposition. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=sanguinary.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Heraldry.) the blood-red color in coats of arms, in engravings represented by intersecting diagonal lines; murrey. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a crayon colored red with iron oxide. <DD><B> b. </B>a drawing executed with red chalks. adv. <B>sanguinely.</B> noun <B>sanguineness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sanguineous">
<B>sanguineous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of blood; like blood; bloody. <DD><B> 2. </B>red like blood. <DD><B> 3. </B>abounding with blood; full-blooded. <DD><B> 4. </B>sanguine; hopeful. <DD><B> 5. </B>bloodthirsty; sanguinary. <BR> <I>Ex. His passion, cruel grown, took on a hue fierce and sanguineous (Keats).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanguinity">
<B>sanguinity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality of being sanguine. <BR> <I>Ex. But I distrust your sanguinity (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=consanguinity.</B> </DL>
<B>sanguivorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> feeding on blood. </DL>
<A NAME="sanhedrim">
<B>Sanhedrim, </B>noun. <B>=Sanhedrin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sanhedrin">
<B>Sanhedrin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>Great Sanhedrin.</B> the supreme council and highest religious and legal authority of the ancient Jewish nation, consisting of 70 members. <DD><B> 2. </B>a lower court of justice, of 23 members, with lesser or local jurisdiction. </DL>
<A NAME="sanicle">
<B>sanicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any herb of a group of the parsley family, once credited with great medicinal value; selfheal. </DL>
<A NAME="sanidine">
<B>sanidine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a glassy form of orthoclase occurring in volcanic rocks. </DL>
<A NAME="sanies">
<B>sanies, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thin, greenish fluid containing pus mixed with serum or blood, discharged, as from ulcers or wounds. </DL>
<A NAME="sanification">
<B>sanification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of rendering sanitary; the putting and keeping (something) in a sanitary condition. </DL>
<A NAME="sanify">
<B>sanify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make healthy; improve the sanitary conditions of (a city or other place). </DL>
<A NAME="sanious">
<B>sanious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, consisting of, or discharging sanies. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitarian">
<B>sanitarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who studies sanitation or favors sanitary reform. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=sanitary.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sanitarily">
<B>sanitarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> as regards health or its preservation. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitariness">
<B>sanitariness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of being sanitary. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitarium">
<B>sanitarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-iums,</B> <B>-ia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place, especially in a good climate, for treatment of the sick or those recovering from illness. Those suffering from a long, slow disease like tuberculosis often go to sanitariums. <BR> <I>Ex. Once these were the houses of the rich; today they are sanitaria for the proletariat (John Gunther).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=health resort.</B> Also, <B>sanatorium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sanitary">
<B>sanitary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-taries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>of or having to do with health. <BR> <I>Ex. sanitary regulations in a hospital. He worked to improve the sanitary conditions of slums.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>favorable to health; preventing disease; healthful. <BR> <I>Ex. sanitary soap, sanitary gloves. Sanitary landfill is defined ... as a method of disposing of refuse on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public health (Richard D. Vaughan).</I> (SYN) hygienic. <DD><B> 2. </B>free from dirt and filth. <BR> <I>Ex. Food should be kept in a sanitary place.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a public toilet or urinal. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitarybelt">
<B>sanitary belt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a belt or band, usually elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place. </DL>
<B>sanitary engineering,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of engineering dealing with water supply and sewage systems, and air pollution and radiation controls, as in the construction of dams, pipelines, incinerators, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitarynapkin">
<B>sanitary napkin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, absorbent pad used to absorb the uterine discharge during menstruation. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitaryware">
<B>sanitary ware,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coarse glazed earthenware used for drainage, sewer pipes, and lavatory fittings. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitate">
<B>sanitate, </B>verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to subject to sanitation; make sanitary. <BR> <I>Ex. It seems incomprehensible that man can progress very far in sanitating the lowlands against malaria because of the staggering cost (White and Renner).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to introduce sanitation. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitation">
<B>sanitation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act, fact, or process of working out ways to improve health conditions; practical application of sanitary measures. <BR> <I>Ex. When people gathered together and built large cities, many problems were raised concerning a proper water supply, a safe food supply, disposal of garbage and human wastes, keeping the city clean, and preventing the spread of disease. Most of these problems are related to sanitation (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanitationman">
<B>sanitationman, </B>noun, pl. <B>men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a garbageman. <BR> <I>Ex. The sanitationmen left, emptying three garbage cans on their way out (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanitization">
<B>sanitization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of sanitizing. </DL>
<A NAME="sanitize">
<B>sanitize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-tized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make sanitary; disinfect. <BR> <I>Ex. The unit is intended to keep the water well above 145 degrees, "the lowest temperature at which clothes still could be sanitized" (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to give a wholesome appearance to; make more acceptable by removing offensive aspects or elements. <BR> <I>Ex. The House Un-American Activities Committee has tried to sanitize its image. It changed its name to the House Internal Security Committee in 1969 and made abortive attempts to revive its lost vigor (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanitizer">
<B>sanitizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sanitizing substance or product. <BR> <I>Ex. We are also concerned with the hygiene of the operators and machinery in the factory, and we test manufacturers' claims for sanitizers (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sanity">
<B>sanity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>soundness of mind; mental health. <BR> <I>Ex. His sanity was in question once they found out he was the one going around starting fires.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>soundness of judgment; sensibleness; reasonableness. <BR> <I>Ex. Many people question the sanity of huge amounts of money spent for defense.</I> </DL>
