11-letter words containing san
- san stefano — the former name of Yesilkoy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctioning — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand desert — a desert in which the ground is covered in sand
- sand dollar — any of various flat, disklike sea urchins, as Mellita testudinata or Echinarachnius parma, that live on sandy bottoms off the coasts of the U.S.
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sand lizard — a common lizard, Lacerta agilis, of Europe and central Asia.
- sand martin — the bank swallow.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand-groper — a native of the arid region of Western Australia.
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sandbagging — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- santa clara — a city in central Cuba.
- santa claus — a benevolent figure of legend, associated with Saint Nicholas, supposed to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
- santa maria — (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
- santa marta — a seaport in NW Colombia.
- santa maura — Italian name of Levkas.
- santa paula — a city in SW California.
- santa tecla — a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.
- santo andre — a city in E Brazil, near São Paulo.
- suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
- the dansant — a tea dance.
- transandine — crossing or beyond the Andes
- unsandalled — unshod
- unsanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- zoosanitary — Pertaining to the cleanliness of animals or animal products.