Vocabulary : Saltpetre to Salutatorian

Saltpetre : Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
Saltpetrous : Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
Saltwort : A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
Salty : Somewhat salt; saltish.
Salubrious : Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.

Salubrity : The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.
Salue : To salute.
Salutary : Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. ;; Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
Salutation : The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.
Salutatorian : The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.

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