10-letter words starting with s
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
- sailorless — (of a ship) crewless
- sailorlike — resembling a sailor
- sailplaner — a person who flies sailplanes
- saint gall — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- saint joan — a play (1923) by G. B. Shaw.
- saint john — Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- saint mary — Christian holy figure
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- saint pius — Saint (Giuseppe Sarto) 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1903–14.
- saint-jean — French name of St. Johns.
- saint-just — Louis Antoine Léon de [lwee ahn-twan ley-awn duh] /lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan leɪˈɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1767–94, French revolutionist.
- saint-ouen — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- salability — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
- salad days — a period of youthful inexperience: a man who never lost the immature attitudes of his salad days.
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- salamander — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salary cap — a maximum limit on salaries.
- salbutamol — the international generic name for albuterol.
- sale price — discounted cost
- sale value — the amount of money that sth would make if it were to be sold
- sales call — a phone call made by a sales representative of a company to a person's home with the purpose of selling goods, services, etc
- sales slip — a receipt or other slip of paper issued by a store or other vendor showing where a purchase was made and also the amount, date, department, etc.
- sales talk — a line of reasoning or argument intended to persuade someone to buy, accept, or do something.
- salesclerk — a person who sells goods in a store.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- salicional — a soft-toned organ stop with a reedy quality
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- salicylism — poisoning by aspirin
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salivating — to produce saliva.
- salivation — the act or process of salivating.
- sallenders — an eruption on the hind leg of a horse, on the inside of a hock.
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- sally lunn — a slightly sweetened teacake served hot with butter.
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.