9-letter words starting with s
- salicylic — of or derived from salicylic acid.
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt bath — a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures
- salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
- salt cake — an impure form of sodium sulfate, especially as obtained by the interaction of sulfuric acid and common salt in the synthesis of hydrochloric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of glass, ceramic glazes, soaps, and sodium salts.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salt flat — an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- salt lake — a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- salt tree — athel tree.
- salt well — a well from which brine is obtained.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- saltglaze — having a salt glaze.
- saltiness — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- salvarsan — a medicine containing arsenic
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sam adams — Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- sama-veda — one of the Samhitas, a collection of mantras and tunes used in connection with the Rig-Veda.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sameyness — the quality of being monotonous, repetitive, or unvaried
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.