10-letter words containing sa
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterian — psalm-like
- psalterium — the omasum.
- psammosere — a sere originating on sand or sandy soil.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quartersaw — to saw (lumber) from quarter sections of logs so that the annual rings in any board form at least a 45° angle with the faces of the board.
- quesadilla — a tortilla folded over a filling of shredded cheese, onions, and chilies and broiled or fried.
- radial saw — a cantilevered circular saw adjustable at various angles to the length of the work and to the perpendicular.
- rafsanjani — Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi, born 1935, president of Iran 1989–97.
- ransacking — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- re-arousal — arousal for a second or further time
- reclosable — capable of being closed again easily or tightly after opening: a reclosable box of crackers.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- releasable — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- renaissant — renascent.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- resaleable — able to be resold; suitable for resale.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rio balsas — Río, Río Balsas.
- rosa parks — Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
- rosa solis — sundew.
- rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- sabbatical — of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- sabinianus — died a.d. 606, pope 604–606.
- sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
- sac fungus — ascomycete.
- sac-a-lait — the white crappie. See under crappie.
- sacahuista — a North American flowering grass
- saccharase — sucrase
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- saccharide — an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.
- saccharify — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- saccharose — sucrose.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- sack dress — a loose, unbelted dress that hangs straight from the shoulder to the hemline.
- sacralized — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- sacredness — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.