Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off."
The man replies, "And how would you do that?"
The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?"
The woman replies, "I"m a light bulb."
The boss then says, "You"ve been working so much that you"ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off."
The man starts to follow her and the boss says, "Where are you going?"
The man says, "I"m going home, too. I can"t work in the dark."
v. (-ting) secrete saliva, esp. In excess. salivation n. [latin salivare: related to *saliva]
SALTLICK
n. Place where animals lick salt from the ground.
SALTMINE
n. Mine yielding rock-salt.
SALUTARY
adj. Having a good effect. [latin: related to *salute]
SAMARIUM
n. Metallic element of the lanthanide series. [ultimately from samarski, name of an official]
SAMIZDAT
n. Clandestine publication of banned literature. [russian]
SAMPHIRE
n. Edible maritime rock-plant. [french, = st peter('s herb)]
SAMPLING
n. Technique of digitally encoding a piece of sound and re-using it as part of a composition or recording.
SANCTIFY
v. (-ies, -ied) 1 consecrate; treat as holy.
- free from sin.
- justify; sanction. sanctification n. [latin sanctus holy]
SANCTION
—n. - approval by custom or tradition; express permission.
- confirmation of a law etc.
- penalty for disobeying a law or rule, or a reward for obeying it.
- ethics moral force encouraging obedience to any rule of conduct.
- (esp. In pl.) (esp. Economic) action by a state against another to abide by an international agreement etc. —v. - authorize or agree to (an action etc.).
- ratify; make (a law etc.) Binding. [latin sancio sanct- make sacred]
