Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage is the marriage of two people who are of the same biological sex, or gender. Other, less common, terms include "gender-neutral marriage", "equal marriage", "gay marriage", "lesbian marriage," "homosexual marriage", "same-gender marriage", or simply "marriage".
	Samia cynthia A Saturniidae moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113-125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background. Eyespots on the outer fore wings.
	Samian ware Samian ware is a kind of bright red Ancient Rome pottery also known as terra sigillata. It is similar to the earlier Arretine ware and both types are attempts to copy more expensive metal originals. Because of this they display skeuomorph characteristics.
	Samizdat Samizdat was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed literature or other media in Soviet-bloc countries. Copies were made a few at a time, and those who received a copy would be expected to make more copies. This was often done by handwriting or typing, because copy machines were guarded by the KGB.
	Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country comprising a island group in the South Pacific Ocean. Geographical renaming were German Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was recognized by the United Nations on 15 December 1976 as Samoa.
	Samoan Islands The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands are a group of islands located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. They form part of the region of Polynesia. Political geography, the archipelago consists of two entities: *Samoa, a state also called Western Samoa or Independent Samoa
	Samoans Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group which includes the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Samoan Islands. There are migrant communities of Samoans in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and the United States mainland.
	Samoas Samoas or Caramel deLites are one of the most popular variety of Girl Scout cookie sold by the Girl Scouts of the USA. These consist of a circular vanilla cookie about 2 inch in diameter with a small hole in the center, covered in caramel and toasted coconut and then striped with chocolate.
	Samosa A samosa is a common snack in South Asia. It is believed that it originated in Central Asia prior to the 10th century. It generally consists of a fried triangular-/pyramid-shaped pastry shell with a savory potato, onion and pea stuffing, but other stuffings like minced meat and fish are often used.
	Samovar A samovar listen is a heated metal container traditionally used to brew tea in and around Russia, as well as in other Slavic nations, Iran and Turkey. It is said to have been invented in Central Asia, though the origin of samovar is still matter of dispute.
	Sampan A sampan is a relatively flat bottomed China wooden boat from twelve to fifteen feet long. Some sampans include a small shelter on board, and may be used as a permanent habitation on inland waters. Sampans are generally used for fishing or transportation, in coastal areas or rivers.
	Samsara In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or ' refers to reincarnation or rebirth in Hindu philosophy traditions.
	Samson Samson, Shimshon or Shama'un is the third to last of the Biblical judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in the Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16. He is also a prophet in Islam. Samson is something of a Heracles figure, utilizing massive strength to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats unachievable by ordinary men: wrestling a lion, slaying an entire army with nothing more than a donkey's jawbone, and tearing down an entire bui
	Samuel Adams Samuel Adams was the chief Massachusetts leader of the Patriot cause leading to the American Revolution. Organizer of protests including the Boston Tea Party, he was most influential as a writer and theorist who articulated the principles of republicanism that shaped the American political culture.
	Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber was an United States composer of European classical music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and began to compose at the age of seven. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia before becoming a fellow of the American Academy in Rome in 1935.
	Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Ireland dramatist, novelist and Irish poetry. Beckett's work is stark, fundamentally minimalism, and, according to some interpretations, deeply pessimism about the human condition. The perceived pessimism is mitigated both by a great and often wicked sense of humour, and by the sense, for some readers, that Beckett's portrayal of life's obstacles serves to demonstrate that the journey, while difficult, is ultimately worth the effort.
	Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain was a France geographer, draftsman, List of explorers and founder of Quebec City earning him the nickname "Father of New France". He was also integral in opening North America up to French trade, especially the fur trade. His influence is still felt in the presence of French Canadians in Quebec, where he did most of his exploring.
	Samuel F. B. Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an United States, inventor of the Morse Code and painter of portraits and historic scenes.
	Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers was born in London into a Jewish family which had recently arrived from Holland. He left school at age ten to apprentice first as a shoemaker then as a cigar maker. The family emigrated to New York City in 1863, settling on the Lower East Side. In 1864 he joined the Cigar Makers' International Union.
	Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson, Doctor of Laws , often referred to simply as Dr. Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and often considered the finest critic of English language literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist whose wikt:bon mot are still frequently quoted in print today.
	Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English people Navy Board and Member of Parliament, famous chiefly for his comprehensive Personal journal. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by hard work and his talent for administration to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under James II of England.
	Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romanticism in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.
	Samuel Wilder Samuel Wilder is a fictional character on the WB Television Network television series Charmed. He is played by actor Scott Jaeck. Sam Wilder was a whitelighter. Not much is known of his life as a mortal, but he did receive New York's Teacher of the Year award for 1872.
	Samurai was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. The word 'samurai' is derived from the Japanese verb 'saburau' meaning 'to serve', a samurai is the servant of a lord.
	San Andreas Fault The San Andreas Fault is a geologic fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles through west and south California in the United States. The fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, marks a transform boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
	San Diego Bay San Diego Bay is a natural harbor adjacent to San Diego, California. The bay is bordered by the cities of San Diego, California, National City, California, Chula Vista, California, Imperial Beach, California and Coronado, California.
	San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in Southern California. Most of its communities are part of the northern section of Los Angeles.
	San Francisco Bay The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean.
	San Joaquin River The San Joaquin River, 330 miles long, is the second-longest river in California, United States. Its average unimpaired runoff is about 1.8 million acre feet per year. The San Joaquin and its eight major tributaries drain about 32,000 square miles of California's San Joaquin Valley.
	San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains are a rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Colorado, Lake City, Colorado, Silverton, Colorado, Ouray, Colorado, and Telluride, Colorado.
	San Luis Potosí The Mexico state of San Luis Potos has an area of 62,848 km. It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, bordered by the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Quertaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Len, Coahuila, and Zacatecas.
	San Marino The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is the third smallest nation in Europe . Located in southern Europe, it is an enclave surrounded by Italy, and is one of the European microstates. San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic in the world still in existence today.Marino is the fifth least-populous sovereign country in the world .
	San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula is a city in the nation of Honduras. It is in the northwest of the country in the Sula Valley, some 60 km south of Puerto Corts on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of about 700,000 people, it is the second largest city in the country behind the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, and is considered the economic heartland of Honduras.
	San Salvador San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador.
	Sana'a San?a' , population 1,747,627 , is the capital of Yemen and the centre of Sana'a Governorate. San?a' is located at .
	Sanctuary Sanctuary has multiple meanings. A sanctuary is the consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar. In medieval law, a sanctuary was a place of religious right of asylum for felons on the run from the law. An animal sanctuary is a place where animals live and are protected.
	Sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock , comprising particles or granules ranging in size from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters. An individual particle in this range size is termed a sand grain. The next smaller size class in geology is silt: particles below 0.0625 mm down to 0.004 mm in size.
	Sand Cat The Sand Cat is a small wild cat distributed over African and Asian deserts. The name "Desert Cat" is reserved for a subspecies of the true Wild Cat, but it would go better with this species. It lives in those arid areas, that are even too hot and dry for the Desert Cat: the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, and the deserts of Iran and Pakistan.
	Sand dollar Sand dollars are in the Sea urchin class of marine animals. When alive, they are covered with a suit of moveable spines that encompass the entire shell. Like its close relative the sea urchin, the sand dollar has five sets of pores arranged in a petal pattern. The pores are used to move sea water into its internal water-vascular system, which allows for movement.
	Sand lance A sand lance or sandlance is a fish belonging to the family Ammodytidae. Several species of sand lance are commonly known as "sand eels" or "sandeels", though they are not related to true eels. Another variant name is launce, and all names of the fish are references to its slender body and pointed snout.
	Sand Lizard The Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis is a lizard. It is distributed across most of Europe; and eastwards to Mongolia. It has a light underbelly and a dorsal stripe: males tend to be darker and colour and turn green during the mating season. Sand Lizards can reach up to 25cm in length.
	Sand Martin The Sand Martin is a bird migration passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America, where it is called Bank Swallow.
	Sand Rat Sand Rat also known as Fat Sand Rat is a terrestrial mammal from the gerbil subfamily that is mostly found in North Africa and Middle East ranging from Mauritania to Arabian Peninsula.
	Sand shark Sand sharks, or sand tigers, are lamniform sharks of the family Odontaspididae. They are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean coast, but most notably in the Gulf of Maine. There are four species in two genera.
	Sandalwood Sandalwood is a fragrant wood, and the name may be applied to any of a number of woods. The 'true' sandalwood is the wood of trees in the genus Santalum; found in southern India and Sri Lanka, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands. It is most commonly used for incense, aromatherapy, perfume, and fine woodworking.
	Sandbanks Sandbanks is a small spit jutting out over the mouth of Poole Harbour near Bournemouth in the south of England. It contains one of the most highly awarded and popular beaches in Europe. Sandbanks, whose main road is known as 'millionaires row', is only 1kilometre2, and has the fourth highest land value, by area, in the world.
	Sandbur The sandburs are a genus of true grasses. They are also known as sandspurs in some regions, particularly in the southeastern region of the United States.
	Sanderling The Sanderling, Calidris alba is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance bird migration, wintering south to South America, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
	Sandfly Sand fly or sandfly is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran that is encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, sand fly may refer to those horse fly also known as "greenheads", or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae, also known in Florida and elsewhere as a sandflea, no-see-um, no-see-em, noseeum, punkie, or punky.
	Sandgrouse The sandgrouse are a group of 16 near passerine bird species in the order Pteroclidiformes. They are restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight.
	Sandpaper Sandpaper is a form of paper where an abrasive material has been fixed to its surface; it is part of the "coated abrasives" family of abrasive products. It is used to remove small amounts of material from Surface, either to make them smoother, to remove a layer of material, or sometimes to make the surface rougher.
	Sandpit sandpit or sandbox is a low, wide container or shallow depression filled with sand in which children can play. Sandpits are often found on playgrounds but — unlike most playground equipment — are easy enough to construct that they often occur in back yards of homes, as well.
	Sandro Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italy painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance. Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli.
	Sandstone Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grain size. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the earth's crust . Like sand, sandstone may be any color, but the most common colors are tan, brown, yellow, red, gray and white.
	Sandwich A sandwich is a food item typically consisting of two pieces of bread between which are laid one or more layers of meat, vegetable, cheese or other fillings, together with optional or traditionally provided condiments, sauces, and other accompaniments. The bread is used as is, lightly buttered, or covered in a flavoured vegetable oil to enhance flavour and texture.
	Sandwich board A sandwich board is a type of advertisement composed of two boards carried by an individual, one in front and one behind, creating a "sandwich" effect. The two boards carry advertising messages, and are usually attached to straps acting as suspenders, allowing the person wearing the boards to carry the weight on his shoulders and keeping the boards balanced on the wearer.
	Sangay The Sangay is a constantly active volcano in southeastern Ecuador. It is known for its explosive venting of thick volcanic ash clouds, which has built a dome since 1976.
	Sangría Sangra is a wine punch which originated in Spain. It typically consists of *a red wine, *chopped or sliced fruit, *a sweetener such as honey, *a small amount of added brandy, triple sec, or other Distilled beverage. The ingredients in sangra vary, particularly in the type of fruit used, the kind of spirits added, and the presence or lack of carbonation.
	Sanitary napkin A sanitary towel, sanitary pad, sanitary napkin, Maxi pad, menstrual pad or pad is an absorption item worn by a woman while she is menstruation, recovering from vaginoplasty, for Lochia or any other situation where it is necessary to absorb the flow of blood from the vagina.
	Sanitation Sanitation is a term for the hygiene disposal or recycling of waste managements, particularly human excrement and urine. Sanitation is an important public health measure which is essential for the prevention of disease. Sanitation is particulary important in isolation of water supply systems from sewage discharge.
	Sansevieria Sansevieria is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Ruscaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. They are xerophyte herbaceous to shrubby succulent plant perennial plants with evergreen strap-shaped leaf, growing to 20 cm to 3 m tall, often forming dense clumps from a spreading rhizome or stolons.
	Sansevieria trifasciata Sansevieria trifasciata is a species of Sansevieria, native to tropical west Africa from Nigeria east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is commonly called the snake plant, because of the shape of its leaf, or mother-in-law's tongue because of their sharpness.
	Sanskrit The Sanskrit language is a classical language of Indian subcontinent, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It has a position in culture of South Asia and Southeast Asia similar to that of Latin and Greek language in Europe, and is a central part of Hindu tradition and Philosophy.
	Sanskrit literature Literature in Sanskrit, one of India's two oldest languages and the basis of several modern languages in India. Given its extensive use in religious literature, primarily of Hinduism, and the fact that most modern Indian languages have been directly derived from or strongly influenced by Sanskrit, it is not surprising that the position of Sanskrit in Indian culture is not unlike that of Latin in European culture.
	Santa Claus Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa is a gift-giving figure in various cultures who distributes presents to children, traditionally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to the Santa Claus character.
	Santa Cruz Santa Cruz may refer to: ;People *lvaro de Bazn, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz *Jos Armando Santa Cruz, Mexican boxer *Roque Santa Cruz, soccer player ;Argentina *Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz province *Rio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz province *Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
	Santa Fe Santa Fe or Santa F , meaning "Holy Faith" or Saint Faith, is the name of a number of places in the world: *Argentina **Santa Fe, Argentina, capital of Santa Fe province **Santa Fe Province *Brazil **Santa F, Paran **Santa F de Minas, Minas Gerais
	Santa Fe Trail The Santa Fe Trail was a historic 19th century transportation route across southwestern North America connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. First used in 1821 by William Becknell it served as a vital commercial and military highway until the arrival of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880.
	Santa Fe Trails Santa Fe Trails is the local transit agency in Santa Fe, New Mexico, New Mexico. Santa Fe Trails operates nine bus routes which serve most areas of the city. Nearly all of the routes originate at the downtown Transit Center one block west of the Plaza.
	Santa Maria de Belém Santa Maria de Bel?m, or just Bel?m, Pronunciation. ) is a parish of Lisbon, Portugal, located 6km west of the present city centre and 2km west of Ponte 25 de Abril (25th of April Bridge). Its name is derived from the Portuguese language for Bethlehem.