saltwater economics (en)

refers to a school of heterodox macroeconomics thought in the US in the early 1970s; centered around coastal universities (Ivies, Berkeley, etc) whereas freshwater economics referred to schools around the Great Lakes; primarily a methodological disagreement about the extent to employ the theory of economic decision making; the divide no longer really holds true today

salubrious (en)

(adjective) favorable to or promoting health or well-being

salutary (en)

(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative

salvo (en)

a sudden, vigorous, or aggressive act or series of acts

samizdat (en)

the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe

sampan (en)

(noun) a flat-bottomed skiff used in eastern Asia and usually propelled by two short oars

sansculottes (en)

a lower-class Parisian republican in the French Revolution; an extreme republican or revolutionary

saprogenic (en)

(adj; biology) causing or produced by putrefaction or decay

satori (en)

(noun) sudden enlightenment and a state of consciousness attained by intuitive illumination representing the spiritual goal of Zen Buddhism

satrap (en)

(noun) the governor of a province in ancient Persia / (noun) ruler / (noun) a subordinate official; henchman (world leaders or governors who are heavily influenced by larger world superpowers or hegemonies and act as their surrogates)

saturnine (en)

(adjective) born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn / (adjective) cold and steady in mood; slow to act or change / (adjective) of a gloomy or surly disposition / (adjective) having a sardonic aspect

satyriasis (en)

uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a man

saurian (en)

(noun) any of a suborder (Sauria) of reptiles including the lizards and in older classifications the crocodiles and various extinct forms (as the dinosaurs and ichthyosaurs) that resemble lizards

Saussurean (en)

pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast

Say's Law (en)

an economic law stating that supply creates its own demand (named after eighteenth-century French economist Jean-Baptiste Say)

scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

scad (en)

(noun) a large number or quantity

scansion (en)

the act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse

scherzo (en)

(noun) a sprightly humorous instrumental musical composition or movement commonly in quick triple time

schismatic (en)

of, characterized by, or favoring schism

schist (en)

a coarse-grained metamorphic rock that consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates

schizoaffective (en)

a mental disorder in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania

schizofy (en)

an invented term by DFW? split up?

schizogenic (en)

asexual reproduction by fission of the parent organism or part

schlamazl (ji)

(also schlimazel) a consistently unlucky or accident-prone person