8-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- sage hen — the sage grouse, especially the female.
- sagenite — a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- saginate — to fatten (livestock)
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- saintess — a female saint
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salesian — a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- salesman — a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- salinize — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- saltness — the state or quality of being salt or salty.
- sameness — the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- san josé — a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Capital: San José.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sanative — having the power to heal; curative.
- sancerre — a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- sand eel — sand lance.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sandaled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sandless — having no sand
- sandpeep — any of various small sandpipers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sandwell — a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 285 000 (2003 est). Area: 86 sq km (33 sq miles)
- sangaree — sangría.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanidine — a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- sanitate — to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances: to sanitate a new town.
- sanities — the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- santa fé — a city in E Argentina.
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.