8-letter words starting with s
- saltbush — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Atriplex, having mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- saltfish — salted cod
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- saltless — lacking salt.
- saltness — the state or quality of being salt or salty.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- salvable — fit for or capable of being saved or salvaged.
- salvador — a coastal state of E Brazil. 216,130 sq. mi. (559,700 sq. km). Capital: Salvador.
- salvagee — a rope on sailing ship
- salvages — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- salvific — of or relating to redemptive power.
- salzburg — a city in W Austria: the birthplace of Mozart.
- sam hill — hell (used especially in WH-questions as a mild oath expressing exasperation and usually preceded by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you?
- samantha — a female given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “listener.”.
- samarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- samarium — a rare-earth metallic element discovered in samarskite. Symbol: Sm; atomic weight: 150.35; atomic number: 62; specific gravity: 7.49.
- same-day — carried out or taking place on the same day as a preliminary action
- same-sex — of or relating to two or more persons of the same gender: same-sex friendships.
- sameness — the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- samizdat — a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
- samnitis — a poisonous plant
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- samsaric — of or relating to samsara
- san blas — Gulf of, a gulf of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama.
- san josé — a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Capital: San José.
- san juan — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sanative — having the power to heal; curative.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sancerre — a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sand bar — a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.
- sand dab — any of several flatfishes used for food, especially of the genus Citharichthys, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- sand eel — sand lance.
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand rat — gerbil.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sandakan — a city in NE Sabah, in E Malaysia.
- sandaled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sandarac — a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- sandbank — a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.