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Browse Results: S

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S

Chemical symbol for the element sulfur....view more

Sabine's pine

A large pine tree, Pinus sabiniana, native to California....view more

sable

Fur and hair obtained from any of three related species:
- Russian fitch (Martes zibellina: black sable, Russian sable),
- Kolinsky mink (Mustela sibirica sibirica: red sable)
- Chinese mink (Mustela lutreola)
- Chinese weasel (Mustela sibirica fontaniere)....view more

sablé beadwork

See attached image....view more

sacaton

A coarse, perennial grass, Sporobolus wrightii, native to southwestern U.S....view more

saccharine acid

Common name for oxalic acid prior to the 1800s when chemical compound names were standardized (Schur 1985)....view more

saccharoidal

A term used to describe rocks and minerals that have a sugary or granular texture....view more

Sackett board

A brand name for a fire-resistant gypsum-based composition board used in house construction in the early 20th century (Bucher 1996)....view more

saddle leather

A vegetable tanned cow skin....view more

saddle soap

A mild soap used to clean and condition leather....view more

Safest Stripper (TM)

[3M, St Paul, MN] A trademark for a non-toxic paint remover....view more

safety film

A stable, non-flammable film that replaced cellulose nitrate products....view more

safety glass

Safety glass was patented in 1910 by Édouard Bénédictus in France after he accidentally knocked over a glass test tube containing a dried film of cellulose nitrate film and noticed that the glass fragments remain attached to the plastic rather than scattering....view more

safety paper

A type of paper treated to prevent erasures and duplication....view more

saffian leather

A sumac tanned goatskin....view more

safflower

A thistle plant, Carthamus tinctorius, originally found in Egypt and southern Asia....view more

safflower oil

A pale yellow semidrying oil expressed from the seeds of the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius, originally found in Egypt and India....view more

saffron

A natural, golden yellow colorant obtained from the flower stigmas of the Crocus sativus plant that is native to the Middle East....view more

saffron of mars

An obsolete name for hematite....view more

safranine

A family of red organic dyes derived from phenazine....view more


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