8-letter words containing sa
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- brassage — a fee charged for coining money
- brassard — an identifying armband or badge
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- buzz saw — a power-operated circular saw
- buzz-saw — a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
- caesarea — an ancient port in NW Israel, capital of Roman Palestine: founded by Herod the Great
- calisaya — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- callosal — of or relating to the corpus callosum.
- camisado — (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness
- camisard — any French Protestant, living in the region of the Cévennes Mountains, who carried on a revolt against Louis XIV in the early part of the 18th century.
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- causable — that can be caused
- causally — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- cell sap — the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell.
- cesarean — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- cessavit — (UK, legal, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
- chainsaw — a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain
- chamisal — a thicket or overgrowth of chamiso
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- chresard — the amount of water present in the soil that is available to plants
- cimarosa — Domenico. 1749–1801, Italian composer, chiefly remembered for his opera buffa The Secret Marriage (1792)
- clarissa — a feminine name
- clarsach — the Celtic harp of Scotland and Ireland
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- coalsack — a sack in which coal is carried
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- colossae — an ancient city in SW Phrygia in Asia Minor: seat of an early Christian Church
- colossal — If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- comparsa — a song and folk dance of Cuba.
- contessa — an Italian countess
- corsages — Plural form of corsage.
- corsairs — Plural form of corsair.
- cossacks — (especially in czarist Russia) a person belonging to any of certain groups of Slavs living chiefly in the southern part of Russia in Europe and forming an elite corps of horsemen.
- crossarm — a horizontal bar or arm
- crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusader — A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- crusades — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- culdesac — Alternative spelling of cul-de-sac.
- czaritsa — A czarina or tsaritsa.
- dare say — to think likely; suppose
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- demersal — living or occurring on the bottom of a sea or a lake
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000