10-letter words containing sa
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- myosarcoma — A malignant muscle tumor.
- nabonassar — died 733? b.c, king of Babylon 747?–733?.
- nana sahib — real name Dandhu Panth. ?1825–?1860, Indian nationalist, who led the uprising at Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny
- naya paisa — a former monetary unit of India and Bhutan, the 100th part of a rupee.
- naysayings — refusals or denials; negative utterances
- necessaire — A small case for holding personal items.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newsagents — Plural form of newsagent.
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- non-causal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- non-saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- non-satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- nonsalable — Not salable.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- not to say — You can use not to say when adding a stronger or more extreme description than the one you have just used.
- obeisances — Plural form of obeisance.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- on message — focused on the central theme or official message of a political, business, or other organization: The candidate's promises are on-message and echo the party platform. Your company’s ads should be entertaining and on-message.
- on-message — focused on the central theme or official message of a political, business, or other organization: The candidate's promises are on-message and echo the party platform. Your company’s ads should be entertaining and on-message.
- outsailing — Present participle of outsail.
- overdosage — Excessive dosage; taking too much of a pharmaceutical drug.
- packsaddle — a saddle specifically designed for holding or supporting the load on a pack animal.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- palo santo — a South American tree, Bulnesia sarmienti, of the caltrop family, yielding a fragrant essential oil.
- paradisaic — paradisiacal.
- paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- passamezzo — an Italian dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to the pavane
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pennsauken — a township in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- pharisaism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- plain sail — any of the ordinary working sails of a vessel.
- planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasanton — a town in W California.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.