5-letter words starting with s
- sakti — the female principle or organ of generative power.
- salad — a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- salah — salat.
- salal — an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- salat — prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- salem — a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- salep — a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- sales — the act of selling.
- salic — of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salii — (in ancient Rome) a college of priests of Mars and Quirinus who guarded the ancilia and led the festivities in their honor.
- salix — a plant or tree of the willow family
- salle — a hall
- sally — a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- salmi — a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- salol — a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 1 3 H 1 0 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- salon — a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- salop — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpa — any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- salsa — a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- salse — a volcano expelling mud
- salta — a city in NW Argentina.
- salto — a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salts — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- salty — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- salud — to your health: used as a toast
- salue — a salute
- salus — the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- salve — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- salvo — a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- sam76 — A macro language by Claude Kagan descended from TRAC. There is a version for CP/M.
- samaj — a Hindu religious society or movement.
- saman — a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- samar — an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- samba — a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- sambo — a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- samel — (of brick) not sufficiently fired
- samey — If you describe a set of things as samey, you mean that they are all very similar, and it would be more interesting if they were different from each other.
- sammy — a male given name, form of Samuel.
- samoa — a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- samos — one of a series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites.
- sampi — an ancient Greek number character
- sampo — a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- san'a — the administrative capital of Yemen, on the central plateau at an altitude of 2350 m (7700 ft): formerly the capital of North Yemen. Pop: 1 621 000 (2005 est)
- sande — Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- sands — an extensive area of sand, esp at a seashore or in a desert
- sandy — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- saner — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
- sanga — an Ethiopian ox
- sangh — (in India) an association or union, esp a political or labour organization
- sango — a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.