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Saline water
Saline water, also known as salt water, contains dissolved salts, mostly sodium chloride, in amounts too high for drinking or irrigation; ocean water is about 3.5 percent salt.
Saline Water Conversion Corp
Saline Water Conversion Corp (المؤسسة العامة لتحلية المياه المالحة), known as SWCC, was a Saudi government corporation that desalinated seawater, established by royal decree in 1974.
Salinirubellus salinus
Salinirubellus salinus (ZS-35-S2T) is an extremely halophilic archaeon, type species of the genus Salinirubellus, isolated in 2018 from the Zhoushan marine solar saltern, Zhejiang, China; grows at 1.4–4.8 M NaCl, optimum 2.1 M, G+C 67.0 mol%.
Salinity
Salinity is the content of dissolved salts in seawater, historically in grams per kilogram and today measured through conductivity-based scales; full-strength seawater sits at about 35.
Salinometer
A salinometer is an instrument that determines the salinity of a water sample by measuring its electrical conductivity, used widely in oceanography and in marine engineering.
Salinomycin
Salinomycin is a polyether ionophore antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces albus, first described in 1974, used worldwide as a poultry feed additive to prevent coccidiosis and studied experimentally as an anticancer agent.
Salins-les-Thermes
Salins-les-Thermes, Savoie village and spa resort in the Tarentaise, administrative centre of Salins-Fontaine; renamed by 1926 decree, with saline thermal springs above 15 g/L discharging over 40 tonnes of salt daily.
SalioGen Therapeutics
SalioGen Therapeutics was a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotechnology company that developed a non-viral gene therapy platform called Gene Coding, based on Exact DNA Integration Technology, and shut down in October 2024.
Saliou Niang
Saliou Niang, Senegalese-Italian basketball wing born 2004 in Dakar; 58th pick of the 2025 NBA Draft by Cleveland, played Trento and Virtus Bologna, Italy international, committed to LSU.
Salirophilia
Salirophilia, also called saliromania, is a sexual fetish in which a person is aroused by soiling or disheveling an attractive person's appearance, such as by tearing clothes.
Salisbury
Salisbury (New Sarum) is a cathedral city in southern Wiltshire, England, founded in 1217 when the see moved from Old Sarum hillfort; its 1220–1258 cathedral has England's tallest spire at 404 ft and an original Magna Carta.
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury, is the cathedral of Salisbury, Wiltshire, an exemplar of Early English Gothic built from 1220 and consecrated in 1258.
Salisbury Island
Salisbury Island: name of several islands, chiefly an uninhabited 804 km2 arctic island in Hudson Strait, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, with a walrus colony; also an official island name in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Salisbury steak
Salisbury steak is an American ground-beef patty with binders and seasonings, pan-fried and served in mushroom-onion gravy, named for physician James Henry Salisbury, whose Civil War-era 'muscle pulp of beef' health diet it descends from.
Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury, Maryland: largest city on the Eastern Shore and seat of Wicomico County, founded 1732 on the Wicomico River; about 33,800 residents, a regional hub for poultry, healthcare, education, and the state's second-largest port.
Salisbury, North Carolina
Salisbury, North Carolina: county seat of Rowan County in the Piedmont, founded 1753-1755, population about 36,900. Historic railroad and textile city, home of Food Lion and Cheerwine, now pursuing Jabil and Kesler Mill redevelopment.
Salish Matter
Salish Matter (born 2009) is an American teen YouTuber, gymnast, and entrepreneur who rose to fame on father Jordan Matter's channel, co-founded the Sephora skincare brand Sincerely Yours, and signed a Netflix deal in 2026.
Salish Sea
Salish Sea: official umbrella name (approved 2009-2010) for the inland waters of Juan de Fuca Strait, Strait of Georgia, and Puget Sound, spanning British Columbia and Washington; about 18,000 sq km, Coast Salish homeland, estuarine ecosystem of roughly 8.7 million people.
Salish Sea human foot discoveries
Salish Sea human foot discoveries: over 20 detached feet, mostly in sneakers, found on British Columbia and Washington coasts since the 2007 Jedediah Island find; explained by natural disarticulation, buoyant modern shoes, and currents, not foul play.
Salisio
Salisio, ancient road station near Bad Salzig on the lower Moselle, Germany; Pleiades place 109319, Barrington Atlas 11 H2, attested 30 BC-AD 640, linked by conjectured road to Colonia Augusta Treverorum.
Salitis
Salitis, also Salatis, is the first Hyksos king of Egypt's 15th Dynasty in Manetho's account, traditionally ruling from Memphis and fortifying Avaris, though no contemporary record names him.
Saliva
Saliva: ~99%-water hypotonic secretion of the parotid, submandibular, sublingual, minor, and tubarial glands; 0.5–1.5 L/day; two-stage acinar/duct secretion; digestion, buffering, tooth protection, and diagnostics.
Saliva (band)
Saliva (サライヴァ), American rock band formed 1996 in Memphis, Tennessee; nü-metal/post-grunge hits "Click Click Boom," "Your Disease," "Always"; 2002 Grammy nomination; continued under Bobby Amaru after Josey Scott's 2011 exit and Wayne Swinny's 2023 death.
Saliva sampling
Saliva sampling is a noninvasive specimen-collection method that analyzes oral fluid for hormones, antibodies, drugs, and nucleic acids, used in HIV testing, drug screening, and genomic analysis.
Saliva testing
Saliva testing analyzes saliva or oral fluid for hormones, drugs, antibodies, and nucleic acids, serving as a noninvasive alternative to blood testing in endocrinology, toxicology, and oncology.
Salival
Salival is Tool's limited edition 2000 box set of live, outtake, and video material, released December 12, 2000 on Volcano in CD/VHS and CD/DVD formats, featuring the No Quarter cover, live Pushit and Third Eye, and never reissued or streamed.
Salivary diagnostics
Salivary diagnostics is a clinical approach measuring biomarkers in saliva, including hormones, cytokines, antibodies, and nucleic acids, to detect and monitor oral and systemic disease without a blood draw.
Salivary gland
Salivary glands: exocrine glands (parotid, submandibular, sublingual, plus minor glands) secreting 0.5-1.5 L saliva daily; serous/mucous acini and ducts modify saliva; radiation and Sjogren's cause xerostomia; organoid regeneration research.
Salivary gland biopsy
Salivary gland biopsy is a diagnostic procedure that removes small samples of salivary gland tissue, usually from the lower lip, to examine histologically, chiefly for Sjögren's disease.
Salivary gland cell
Salivary gland cell (CL:0009005), any cell of a salivary gland: acinar, ductal, myoepithelial, and supporting cells that produce 0.5–1.5 L saliva daily via calcium-driven chloride and water secretion.