9-letter words starting with s
- sea onion — Also called sea squill. a Mediterranean plant, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, yielding medicinal squill.
- sea otter — a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- sea perch — surfperch.
- sea poppy — horn poppy.
- sea power — naval strength.
- sea purse — the horny egg case of certain rays and sharks.
- sea raven — a large marine fish of the genus Hemitripterus, as H. americanus, common on the northern Atlantic coast of America.
- sea reach — a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea rover — a pirate.
- sea scout — (often initial capital letters) a member of a scouting program that provides training in boating and other water activities.
- sea smoke — fog caused by cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, the vapor condensing in small convective columns near the water surface and giving the appearance of smoke or steam.
- sea snail — any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- sea snake — any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail.
- sea squab — the blowfish: used especially on menus as a euphemism.
- sea stack — a pillarlike mass of rock detached by wave action from a cliff-lined shore and surrounded by water.
- sea steps — projecting metal bars attached to a ship's side, used for boarding
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- sea water — Sea water is salt water from the sea.
- sea wrack — seaweed or a growth of seaweed, especially of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- sea-green — a clear, light, bluish green.
- sea-horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
- seabottle — a translucent seaweed
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seal cull — an operation designed to reduce the number of seals by slaughtering some of them
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard
- search me — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- seastrand — seashore.
- seat back — the part of a chair or seat that you rest your back against
- seat belt — a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- sec. leg. — according to law
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- secernent — (of a gland or follicle) secreting
- secession — an act or instance of seceding.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- seclusive — tending to seclude, especially oneself.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.