16-letter words containing sa
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
- misappropriation — to put to a wrong use.
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- murasaki shikibu — Lady, 978?–1031? Japanese poet and novelist.
- nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
- national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
- non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- one and the same — When two or more people or things are thought to be separate and you say that they are one and the same, you mean that they are in fact one single person or thing.
- one's salad days — If you refer to your salad days, you are referring to a period of your life when you were young and inexperienced.
- online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcompensatory — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- parallel sailing — sailing along a parallel of latitude.
- passage to india — a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster.
- peasants' revolt — the first great popular rebellion in English history (1381), caused by the imposition of an unpopular poll tax: it lasted less than a month and failed as a social revolution
- peter stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
- pico de sao tome — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Gabon, just N of the equator: the larger component of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 318 sq. mi. (824 sq. km).
- point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
- polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
- ponderosa (pine) — a yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) of W North America, valued for its timber
- post-renaissance — the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
- pre-conversation — informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
- proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
- purple sandpiper — a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
- radial (arm) saw — a circular saw suspended from a pivoted horizontal arm along which it can be moved
- radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
- raspberry sawfly — a black sawfly, Monophadnoides geniculatus, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of the raspberry and blackberry.
- recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
- reversal process — a process for converting the negative on a film or plate to a positive by bleaching and redeveloping.
- rhabdomyosarcoma — a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.
- risus sardonicus — fixed contraction of the facial muscles resulting in a peculiar distorted grin, caused esp by tetanus
- sabattier effect — the alteration of the image tones of a photographic print by briefly reexposing the negative after it has been partially developed.
- sabbatical leave — a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- sacrificial lamb — If you refer to someone as a sacrificial lamb, you mean that they have been blamed unfairly for something they did not do, usually in order to protect another more powerful person or group.
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- sado-masochistic — Something that is sado-masochistic is connected with the practice of sado-masochism.
- safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
- safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
- safeguard clause — a clause in a contract, etc, that ensures the protection of something against problems, etc
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- safety standards — standards prescribed (by a regulatory body, etc) that must be adhered to to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
- safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger