8-letter words containing sa
- massaged — Simple past tense and past participle of massage.
- massager — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
- massages — Plural form of massage.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- mersalyl — a salt of sodium, C13H16HgNNaO6, which was formerly used as a diuretic
- mesaraic — (anatomy) mesenteric.
- messaged — Simple past tense and past participle of message.
- messager — One who sends a message.
- messages — A verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly.
- messapic — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- misagent — a bad agent
- misalign — To align incorrectly.
- misallot — to allot wrongly
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- misandry — hatred of males.
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misarray — disarray
- misassay — to assay attempt wrongly or unsuccessfully
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- misaward — to award wrongly
- missable — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- misusage — wrong or improper usage, as of words.
- moonsail — a small sail carried high on the mast above the skysail
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- mosaical — of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- nagasaki — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
- naissant — (of a charge, especially an animal) issuing from the middle of an ordinary, especially a fess.
- namesake — a person named after another.
- nasalise — Alternative spelling of nasalize.
- nasalism — the tendency to pronounce sounds nasally
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- nasarawa — a state of Nigeria, in the centre east of Abuja. Capital: Lafia. Pop: 1 863 275(2006). Area: 27 117 sq km (10 470 sq miles)
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- no savvy — I don't (he doesn't, etc) understand
- non-sale — the act of selling.
- nonnasal — not nasal.
- novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- obasanjo — Olusegun (ɒlʊˈseɪɡən). born 1937, Nigerian politician and general; head of the military government (1976–79); president (1999–2007)
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- occlusal — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
- orinasal — pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
- oronasal — of or relating to the mouth and the nose.