9-letter words starting with sa
- sassarara — a scolding or blow
- sassenach — a term used by the Gaelic inhabitants of the British Isles to refer to the English inhabitants.
- sassiness — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- sassolite — the mineral form of boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany, H3BO3
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- satedness — the state of being sated, glutted, or overfilled
- satellite — Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satiating — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- satiation — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- satinette — a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizes — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- saturated — saturated.
- saturater — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturator — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturdays — on Saturdays: Saturdays we go to the movies.
- saturnian — of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- satyaloka — the highest heaven, where Brahma and Sarasvati live with Brahmins.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- sauciness — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- saucisson — a large and thick sausage
- saulteaux — a member of an American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, a division of the Ojibwa.
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- sauternes — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
- save face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- saver sub — A saver sub is a short piece of connecting pipe with threads on both ends, which is part of a drill string.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savviness — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- saw grass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- sawed-off — sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- saxe blue — a light greyish-blue colour
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.