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12-letter words starting with sa

  • saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  • saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint lucian — of or relating to Saint Lucia, an island state in the Caribbean
  • saint martha — a sister of Mary and Lazarus, who lived at Bethany and ministered to Jesus (Luke 10:38–42). Feast day: July 29 or June 4
  • saint martin — Saint, died a.d. 655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 649–655.
  • saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
  • saint paul's — a cathedral in London, England: designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint sixtus — Saint, pope a.d. 432–440.
  • saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • saint xystus — Saint, pope a.d. 432–440.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • saint-pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
  • saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
  • sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
  • sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
  • sal volatile — an aromatic alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, the chief ingredient in smelling salts.
  • salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
  • salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
  • salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
  • salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
  • salamandrine — 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.
  • salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
  • salary range — pay scale
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • sales ledger — record of business accounts
  • sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
  • sales report — a periodical report made by a salesperson to a manager giving details of amounts sold, existing and new accounts, etc
  • sales target — a fixed amount of sales that a person or organization wants to achieve
  • sales trader — a person employed by a market maker, or his firm, to find clients
  • sales volume — quantity of goods sold
  • salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
  • salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
  • salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
  • salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
  • salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • salpiglossis — any solanaceous plant of the Chilean genus Salpiglossis, some species of which are cultivated for their bright funnel-shaped flowers
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
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