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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.
  • salisburyHarrison, 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.
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