| assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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| assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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| bonsai | (noun) a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot | - |
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| capsaicin | (noun) colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | - |
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| corsair | (noun) a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction) | - |
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| (noun) a pirate along the Barbary Coast | Synonyms: Barbary pirate |
| foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| gaffsail | (noun) a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff | Synonyms: gaff-headed sail |
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| grisaille | (noun) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief | - |
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| headsail | (noun) any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel | - |
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| lugsail | (noun) a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast | Synonyms: lug |
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| mainsail | (noun) the lowermost sail on the mainmast | - |
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| mosaic | (noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | - |
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| (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, photomosaic |
| (noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube | - |
| (noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic | - |
| (noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves | - |
| mosaicism | (noun) the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup | - |
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| parasail | (noun) parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car | - |
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| parasailing | (noun) gliding in a parasail | Synonyms: paragliding |
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| photomosaic | (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, mosaic |
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| prosaicness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosiness |
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| saiga | (noun) goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis | Synonyms: Saiga tatarica |
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| sail | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: cruise |
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| (noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sheet |
| (noun) any structure that resembles a sail | - |
| sailboat | (noun) a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast | Synonyms: sailing boat |
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| sailcloth | (noun) a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents | - |
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| sailfish | (noun) large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | - |
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| (noun) a saltwater fish with lean flesh | - |
| sailing | (noun) riding in a sailboat | - |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, seafaring |
| (noun) the departure of a vessel from a port | - |
| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring |
| sailmaker | (noun) a maker of sails | - |
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| sailor | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat |
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| (noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: crewman |
| (noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy |
| sailplane | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: glider |
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| sailplaning | (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailing, soaring |
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| sainfoin | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: esparcet, holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sanfoin |
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| saint | (noun) person of exceptional holiness | Synonyms: angel, holy man, holy person |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon |
| (noun) a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization | - |
| sainthood | (noun) the status and dignity of a saint | - |
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| (noun) saints collectively | - |
| saintliness | (noun) the quality of resembling a saint | - |
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| skysail | (noun) the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | - |
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| spritsail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit | - |
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| staysail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) | - |
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| topsail | (noun) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | - |
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| wassail | (noun) a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas | - |
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| wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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| (noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |