10-letter words containing sa
- docosanoic — behenic.
- dog salmon — chum salmon.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dysarthria — Difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- eicosanoid — (biochemistry) Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones.
- elasmosaur — a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
- embassador — Archaic form of ambassador.
- embossable — Capable of being embossed.
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- emissaries — Plural form of emissary.
- en passant — in passing: in chess, said of capturing a pawn that has made an initial move of two squares to its fourth rank, bypassing the square where an enemy pawn on its own fifth rank could capture it. The capture is made as if the captured pawn had moved one square instead of two
- endorsable — (legal, of a driving offence) Leading to endorsement of one's driving licence with penalty points.
- ensanguine — to cover or stain with or as with blood
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- envisaging — Present participle of envisage.
- essay test — a test that requires answers in essay form
- essayistic — resembling or relating to an essay
- excusatory — Serving to make an excuse.
- expressage — The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
- exsanguine — Bloodless; anemic.
- face-saver — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- faisalabad — a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop: 2 533 000 (2005 est)
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- flash sale — A flash sale is a sale, held for a very limited time, offering very large discounts on surplus stock.
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- foresaddle — the forepart of a saddle of veal, mutton, lamb, or venison.
- franchisal — Pertaining to franchises.
- gainsaying — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- galactosan — galactan.
- gay-lussac — Joseph Louis [joh-zuh f loo-ee,, -suh f;; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i,, -səf;; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.
- glissading — Present participle of glissade.
- glossarial — Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.
- glossaries — Plural form of glossary.
- glossarist — Someone who writes a glossary.
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- good usage — (in a language) standard, prescribed, or acceptable usage of words or phrases: Your sentence violates the rules of good usage.
- goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
- grass sack — South Midland U.S. a gunnysack.
- great sark — the larger northern section of the island of Sark in the Channel Islands, connected to Little Sark by a narrow isthmus
- grisailles — Plural form of grisaille.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- hackensack — a city in NE New Jersey, near New York City.