9-letter words starting with s
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
- san dimas — a city in SW California.
- san lucas — Cape, a cape extending into the Pacific Ocean at the S tip of the Baja California peninsula, W Mexico, at the entrance to the Gulf of California.
- san mateo — a city in W California.
- san pablo — a city in the Philippines, on S Luzon.
- san ramon — a town in W California.
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sanctions — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand dune — hill of sand created by wind
- sand flea — beach flea.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- sand lily — a small, stemless lily, Leucocrinum montanum, of the western U.S., having white, fragrant flowers.
- sand pear — Asian pear.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sand trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sand wasp — any of certain sphecid wasps of the subfamily Bembicinae that nest in the ground and are common along the seashore.
- sand-cast — to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into sand molds.
- sand-trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sandalled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sandblast — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandglass — an hourglass.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sandiness — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- sandpaper — strong paper coated with a layer of sand or other abrasive, used for smoothing or polishing.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sandy ray — a species of ray, Leucoraja circularis, of the family Rajidae
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanitaria — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- sans gene — without constraint or embarrassment; free and easy.
- sansovino — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), (Andrea Contucci) 1460–1529, Italian sculptor and architect.
- santa ana — a city in SW California.
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.