Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant , the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter . Saturn has a prominent system of Rings of Saturn, consisting mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust.
	Saturniidae The Saturniidae, collectively known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 different described species existing worldwide Grimaldi and Engel, 2005). The Saturniidae family includes the giant silkmoths, royal moths, and emperor moths.
	Satyendra Nath Bose Satyendra Nath Bose was a Bengali people India physicist, specializing in mathematical physics. Bose was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, the eldest of seven children. His father, Surendranath Bose, worked in the Engineering Department of the East India Railway.
	Satyr In Greek mythology, satyrs are half-man and half-goat nature entities that roamed the woods and mountains, and were the companions of Pan and Dionysus. In mythology they are often associated with male sex drive and Greco-Roman art often portrays them with erections.
	Satyr play Satyr plays were an Ancient Greece form of comedy, similar to the modern-day burlesque style. Though they did not always include satyrs or even a reference to the Greek mythology creatures, they contained themes of, among other things, drinking, overt sexuality, pranks and general merriment.
	Saucer A saucer is a small type of dishware specifically for use with a cup - a larger cup intended for coffee or a smaller teacup for tea. The saucer has a raised center with a depression sized to fit a mating cup. Its purpose is to catch overflow, splashes, and drips from the cup and so protecting both table linen or a user sitting in a free standing chair, who holds both cup and saucer.
	Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west.
	Sauerkraut Sauerkraut is finely sliced cabbage fermentation by various lactic acid bacteria including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has good keeping qualities and a distinctive sour flavor that both result from lactic acid, which forms when the bacteria ferment sugars in the fresh cabbage.
	Saul Bellow Saul Bellow , was an acclaimed Canada-born United States writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988 . Bellow is best known for writing novels that investigate isolation, spiritual dissociation, and the possibilities of human awakening, echoing his Jewish heritage.
	Sauna A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities. These facilities derive from the Finnish sauna. The word sauna is also used metaphorically to describe an unusually hot or humid environment.
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	Saurischia Saurischians are one of the two Orders/branches of dinosaurs. In 1888, Harry Seeley classified dinosaurs into two great orders, based on their hip structure. Saurischians are distinguished from the Ornithischia by retaining the ancestral configuration of bones in the hip.
	Sauropoda Sauropoda, the sauropods, are a suborder or infraorder of the saurischian dinosaurs. They were the largest animals ever to have lived on land. Well-known genus include Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus.
	Sauropodomorpha The Sauropodomorpha were a group of long-necked, herbivore dinosaurs that eventually dropped down on quadruped and became the largest animals that ever terrestrial animal .
	Sauropterygia Sauropterygia is a group of very successful aquatic reptiles that flourished during the Mesozoic before they became extinct. They are united by a radical adaptation of their shoulder, designed to support powerful flipper strokes. Some later sauropterygians like the pliosaurs developed a similar mechanism in their pelvis.
	Saururaceae Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and six species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizard's-tail family". The APG II system assigned it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids.
	Saury Sauries are fish of the family Scomberesocidae. There are two genera, each containing two species. Sauries are marine epipelagic fish which live in tropical and temperate waters. These fish often jump while swimming near the surface, skimming the water. The jaws of sauries are beak-like, ranging from long, slender beaks to relatively short ones with lower jaw only slightly elongated.
	Sausage A sausage consists of ground meat, animal fat, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing, and preserved in some way, often by curing or Smoking. Sausage making is a very old food production and preservation technique. There is no consensus whether similar products that are not packed in casings, such as pt, meatloaf, scrapple and head cheese should be considered sausages.
	Sausage roll A sausage roll is a type of convenience food commonly served at parties and available from bakeries and milk bars as a takeaway food item. The basic formula for a sausage roll is generally a sheet of puff pastry sliced into two and wrapped into tubes around a filling of sausagemeat before being cooked.
	Sauternes Sauternes is a commune in France of the Gironde dpartement in France in France. It is also a List of wine-producing regions within the Graves portion of Bordeaux that produces sweet white dessert wines, named after the commune, as well as some dry white wine.
	Sauvignon blanc Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety which probably originates from the Bordeaux region of France. It is now planted in much of the world's winelands, producing a crisp, dry, and refreshing white varietal wine. Depending on climate, its flavours can range from aggressively grassy to sweetly tropical, although perhaps the most memorable descriptor is "cat's pee on a gooseberry bush" , which is also the smell of fresh guava fruit.
	Savanna A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. In savannas, grass and trees are co-dominant vegetation types, with trees and grasses often alternating in dominance over time. The herbaceous layer is usually a mixture of grasses and herbs with trees and shrubs scattered individually or in small clumps.
	Savé Sav? is a city in Benin, lying on the Cotonou-Parakou railway and the main north-south road. It has a population of about 35,000 people and is known for its local boulders, popular with climbing.
	Savings account A savings account, also known as a savings deposit, is a deposit account held at a bank or other financial institution, maintained by a customer for the purpose of accumulating funds over a period of time while earning a monetary return.
	Savoy In modern France, Savoy is part of the Rhne-Alpes region. Articles about the dpartements of created following annexation by France are to be found as Savoie and Haute-Savoie. The modern separatist / regionalist movements are discussed in the "Annexation and Opposition" section in this article.
	Saw A saw is a tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade and worked either by hand or by steam, water, Electricity or other Power. The saw can also be used musical saw. Though Greek mythology indicates Perdix, the nephew of Daedalos, the inventor of the saw, unearthed construction wood Artifacts from Ancient Egypt and Predynastic Egypt suggest possibly a much earlier date.
	Saw Palmetto Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens, is the sole species currently classified in the genus Serenoa. It has been known by a number of synonyms, including Sabal serrulatum, under which name it still often appears in alternative medicine. It is a small Arecaceae, normally reaching a height of around 2-4 m.
	Saw set A saw set is a device used in the sharpening of hand saws. Once the teeth have been jointed and filed, the saw set is used to adjust the saw of each tooth. The set is the amount by which the tooth protrudes from the side of the blade. Most saws have some amount of set, which creates a kerf that is wider than the blade and thereby prevents binding as the non-cutting part of the saw blade enters the cut.
	Sawdust Sawdust is composed of fine particles of wood. This material is produced from cutting with a saw, hence its name. It has a variety of practical uses, including serving as a mulch, or as an alternative to clay cat litter, or as a fuel, or for the manufacture of chipboard. Historically, it has been treated as a by-product of manufacturing industries and can easily be understood to be more of a hazard, especially in terms of its flammability.
	Sawed-off shotgun A sawed-off shotgun or sawn-off shotgun is a type of shotgun with a shorter gun barrel and often a shorter or deleted stock, compared to a standard shotgun. The sawed-off shotgun has a larger spread and a more limited range, but it has about the same destructive power. Its reduced size makes it easier to conceal.
	Sawfish Sawfishes are related to sharks and batoidea. These fish range from medium-sized to huge. Their most striking appearance is a long, toothy snout. They possess a cartilaginous skeleton and no swim bladder. They are the sole family Pristidae of the order Pristiformes, from the Greek and Latin pristis meaning "sawfish".
	Sawfly Sawflies make up the suborder Symphyta, a group of largely herbivore insects in the order Hymenoptera. This group is an artificial assemblage of superfamilies, but the name is still in common use, and treated as a suborder, though it seems likely it will be phased out in future classifications.
	Sawhorse A sawhorse is a beam with four legs. It is used to support a board or plank for sawing, with a pair useful to support a plank, forming a scaffold. A sawbuck is a similar device. The sawhorse may be designed to fold for storage. A sawhorse with a wide top is particularly useful to support a board for sawing or as a field workbench.
	Sawmill - ||- ||- ||- ||} A sawmill is a facility where logging are cut into boards. Prior to the invention of sawmills, boards were rived and planed, or more often sawn by two men with a whipsaw using saddleblocks to hold the log and a pit for the pitman who worked below and got the benefit of the sawdust in his eyes.
	Saxhorn The saxhorn is a valved brass instrument with a tapered bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece . The sound has a characteristic mellow quality, and blends well with other brass.
	Saxicola The genus Saxicola, the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 14 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores of open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs. Genetic evidence presented in the recent monograph by Urquhart & Bowley 2002 strongly supports the splitting of the Common Stonechat into three species, African Stonechat, European Stonechat and Siberian Stonechat.
	Saxifraga stellaris Saxifraga stellaris is a species of saxifrage native to central and northern Europe, occurring in mountains from the British Isles and Scandinavia south to the Alps. It is a herbaceous perennial plant with a basal rosette of oval, hairy leaf 5-10 cm long.
	Saxifragaceae Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genus. In Europe there are 12 genera. The flowers are hermaphrodite and actinomorphous flower. They have 4 or 5 petals and the double count of stamens. Well known species include:
	Saxifrage Saxifraga is a plant genus with about 440 known species of perennials, making it the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae. The following sections of the genus are currently recognised: *Saxifraga sect. Ciliatae *Saxifraga sect. Cotylea *Saxifraga sect.
	Saxitoxin colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#cccccc" | Saxitoxin |- |Chemical formula || C10H17N7O4 |- |Molecular mass || 299.29 g/mol |- |CAS registry number || 35523-89-8 |- |Simplified molecular input line entry specification || N=C1N[C@@H](COC(N)=O)[C@H]3[C@]2(N=C(N)N3)N1CCC2(O)O
	Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus was a Denmark medieval historian of whose life practically nothing is known. The sixteen books of Danish history of this time, known as the Gesta Danorum, are attributed to him, and also contribute our principal evidence of his own existence. We know he was a "follower" of Archbishop Absalon, which probably means he worked in the Archbishops administration; his exact status is not determined.
	Saxons The Saxons or Saxon people are part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the States of Germany of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, the northern part of North-Rhine-Westphalia and the northeastern part of the Netherlands .
	Saxony The Free State of Saxony has a land area of 18,413 km and a population of 4.3 million, the tenth-largest in area and sixth-largest in population among Germany's sixteen States of Germany. The state has a long history as a duchy, and eventually kingdom of Saxony. Monarchy was overthrown and it became a republic under its current name in 1918.
	Saxophone The saxophone is a conical bore instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. It was invented by Adolphe Sax around 1840. The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big band music, and jazz, but it was originally intended as both an Orchestra and military band instrument.
	Scabies Scabies is a transmissible ectoparasite skin infection characterized by superficial burrows, intense pruritus and secondary infection. The word 'scabies' is Latin for 'itch'.
	Scabiosa Scabiosa is a genus in the teasel Family Dipsacaceae of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa.
	Scaffolding Scaffolding is a temporary framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. It is usually a modular system of metal pipes, although it can be made out of other materials. Bamboo is still used frequently in Asia.
	Scale insect The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily Coccoidea. There are over 7,000 species of scale insect. Scale insects are all parasites of plants, feeding on sap drawn directly from the plant's vascular system.
	Scaler Scaler is a video game for the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2.
	Scallion The common name scallion is associated with various members of the genus Allium that lack a fully-developed bulb. They tend to be milder tasting than other onions and are typically used raw in salads in western cookery. Diced scallion are often used in soup, noodle, seafood, and sauce in eastern cookery.
	Scallop Scallops are the family Pectinidae of bivalve molluscs. Like the true oysters, they have a central adductor muscle, and thus their shells have a characteristic central scar marking its point of attachment. However, the adductor muscle of scallops is larger and more developed than that of oysters because they are active swimmers and the sole migratory bivalve.
	Scalpel A scalpel is a very sharp knife used for surgery as well as various arts and crafts. Scalpels can have a fixed blade, or a disposable blade. The blades on scalpels are extremely sharp—merely touching a medicine scalpel with bare hands to test it will cut through the skin.
	Scammony Scammony is a bindweed native to the countries of the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin; it grows in bushy waste places, from Syria in the south to the Crimea in the north, its range extending westward to the Greek islands, but not to northern Africa or Italy.
	Scampi Scampi is the plural of scampo, the Italian language name for the Norway lobster, also known by the names "Dublin Bay Prawn" and "Langoustine". The fleshy tail of the Norway lobster is closer in both taste and texture to lobster and crayfish than prawn or shrimp.
	Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe. A common definition includes Denmark, mainland Norway and Sweden. Sometimes Finland is included, even in official contexts, although since the rise of Scandinavism in 1850s, this inclusion divides opinions in all of the respective states.
	Scandinavian Peninsula | |} The Scandinavian Peninsula is in northern Europe, consisting principally of the mainland territories of Norway and Sweden. The name Scandinavian is placename etymology Scania, a region at the southernmost extremity of the peninsula. A small section of northwestern Finland is also on the peninsula and on its isthmus.
	Scandium Scandium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A soft, silvery, white transition metal, scandium occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and it is sometimes classified along with yttrium and the lanthanides as a rare earth.
	Scanners Scanners is a 1981 Canada sci-fi horror film film written and directed by David Cronenberg.
	Scapegoat The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. The rite is described in Leviticus 16. The word is also used as a metaphor, referring to one who is blamed for misfortunes, often as a way of distracting attention from the real causes.
	Scaphiopus Scaphiopus is a genus of North American amphibian commonly referred to as the southern spadefoot toads. They differ greatly from true toads by having eyes with vertical pupils, no parotid gland, and relatively smooth skin. Their most distinctive feature is a spade-like projection on their hind feet, which their common name is derived from.
	Scapula In anatomy, the scapula, or shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus with the clavicle. The scapula forms the posterior part of the shoulder girdle. In humans, it is a flat bone, roughly triangle in shape. It has two surfaces, three borders, and three angles.
	Scapular A scapular is a Roman Catholic Church devotional artifact in the form of a cloth pendant, the wearing of which is believed by the faithful to confer a benefit to the wearer. The Church considers it a sacramentals. It can also refer to the article of clerical vestments from which it evolved.
	Scar Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after destruction of some of the dermis. A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other biological tissue of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in some degree of scarring.
	Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colors, measuring between 5-60 mm. They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odors.
	Scaramouche The novel has a memorable start: "He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony. His very paternity was obscure, although the village of Gavrillacs had long since dispelled the cloud of mystery that hung about it."
	Scarecrow A scarecrow is a device that is used to discourage birds such as crows from disturbing crops. Not only do crows feed on recently cast seed, they also gather nightly, starting with groups of a half dozen which then unite to form a group of 20 to 30 and so on until the flock is quite large and noisy.
	Scarf A Scarf joint is a means of joining usually wood, sometimes metal, end to end. A scarf is a piece of fabric, often long and narrow, usually worn on or near the head, for warmth, fashion, cleanliness, or religion purposes. In cold climates, a thick knitted scarf is often tied around the neck to keep warm.
	Scarf joint A scarf joint is a method of joining two members end to end in woodworking or metalworking. The scarf joint is used when the material being joined is not available in the length required. It is an alternative to other joints such as the butt joint and the splice joint and is often favoured over these in joinery because it yields a barely visible glue line.
	Scarlet Oak The Scarlet Oak is an oak in the List of Quercus species#Section Lobatae section Quercus sect. Lobatae. It is mainly native to the eastern United States, from southern Maine west to eastern Oklahoma, and south to southern Alabama. It is also native in the extreme south of Ontario, Canada.
	Scarlet pimpernel The scarlet pimpernel is a low-growing plant in the family Myrsinaceae. This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils. The Plant stem are about 45 centimetre long and generally prostrate. The bright green ovate sessile Leaf grow opposite.