Letters starting with “S”

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SAVANTS

1. a learned person; eminent scholar
2. IDIOT SAVANT

SÉANCE

1. a meeting or session; now specif., a meeting at which a medium seeks to communicate with the spirits of the dead

SECTS

SECTS 1

1. path, way, method, party, faction, in LL(EC), doctrine, sect
2. a religious body or denomination, esp. a small group that has broken away from an established church
3. any group of people having a common leadership, set of opinions, philosophical doctrine, political Principles, etc., specif. a faction of a larger group

SECTS 2. abbrev. Section

1. – SECT of secare, to cut: combining form adjective cut, separated

SISTER KENNY

Note: Wikipedia

1. Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis. Her findings ran counter to conventional medical wisdom; they demonstrated the need to exercise muscles affected by polio instead of immobilizing them. Kenny’s principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy. She was not a member of a religious order; in some commonwealth nations, the title “sister” is applied to senior qualified nurses and does not necessarily indicate a religious vocation.

SOLAR

1. of or having to do with the sun
2. produced by or coming from the sun [solar energy]
3. depending upon the sun’s light or energy [solar heating]
4. fixed or measured by the earth’s motion with relation to the sun [mean solar time]
5. [Archaic.] Astrol. under the influence of the sun

SOLAR PLEXUS

1. a network of nerves in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach and in front of the aorta, containing ganglia that send nerve impulses to the abdominal viscera
2. [informal] the area of the belly just below the sternum

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1. the ratio of the weight or mass of a given volume of a substance to that of an equal volume of another substance (water for liquids and solids, air or hydrogen for gases) used as a standard

SPECTROSCOPE

1. an optical instrument used for forming spectra for study

SPECTRUM

1. the series of colored bands dispersed and arranged in the order of their respective wavelengths by the passage of white light through a prism or other dispersing device and shading continuously from red (produced by the longest wave visible) through violet (produced by the shortest): the six main colors of the spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet, with a seventh color (indigo) sometimes specified, between blue and violet
2. the intensity of any radiation or motion displayed as a function of frequency, or wavelength
3. an afterimage
4. a continuous range or entire extent [a wide spectrum of opinion]
5. a) RADIO SPECTRUM b) ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

SPIRE

SPIRE 1

1. to turn, wrap
2. a spiral or coil
3. any of the convolutions of a spiral or coil
4. Zool. The upper part of a spiral shell of a gastropod

SPIRE 2

1. a sprout, spike, or stalk of a plant, a blade of grass, etc.
2. the top part of a pointed, tapering object or structure, as a mountain peak
3. anything that tapers to a point, as a pointed structure capping a tower or steeple – to extend upward, tapering to a point; shoot up or rise in, or put forth, a spire or spires

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