9-letter words starting with s
- santayana — George, 1863–1952, Spanish philosopher and writer in the U.S.; in Europe after 1912.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- santonica — the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- santorini — a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- sao paulo — a state in S Brazil. 95,714 sq. mi. (247,898 sq. km).
- sao tiago — the largest of the Cape Verde Islands, S of Cape Verde. About 383 sq. mi. (992 sq. km).
- saoshyant — the World Savior who will come at the end of time.
- sap green — a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- sapheaded — silly; foolish.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sapidless — lacking flavour
- sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- sappiness — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- saracenic — History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- saragossa — a city in NE Spain, on the Ebro River.
- sarasvati — the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.
- sarbacane — a type of blowpipe
- sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcocarp — the fleshy mesocarp of certain fruits, as the peach.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- sarcomere — any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- sarcosome — a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
- sardinian — of or relating to Sardinia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- sardonian — a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent
- sargassum — any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, widely distributed in the warmer waters of the globe, as S. bacciferum, the common gulfweed.
- sargon ii — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- sarmatian — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sartorius — a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- sarum use — the liturgy or modified form of the Roman rite used in Salisbury before the Reformation and revived in part by some English churches.
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- saskatoon — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.