| sanctum | (noun) a place of inviolable privacy | Synonyms: sanctum sanctorum |
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| (noun) a sacred place of pilgrimage | Synonyms: holy, holy place |
| sand | (noun) fortitude and determination | Synonyms: backbone, grit, gumption, guts, moxie |
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| (noun) a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral | - |
| (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sandpaper |
| sandal | (noun) a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot | - |
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| sandaled | (adjective) shod with sandals | Synonyms: sandalled |
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| sandalled | (adjective) shod with sandals | Synonyms: sandaled |
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| sandalwood | (noun) close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork | - |
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| sandarac | (noun) a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | Synonyms: sandarach |
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| (noun) large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes | Synonyms: Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata |
| (noun) durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) | Synonyms: citronwood |
| sandarach | (noun) a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | Synonyms: sandarac |
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| sandbag | (noun) a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast | - |
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| (verb) protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up | - |
| (verb) downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling | - |
| (verb) hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | Synonyms: stun |
| (verb) treat harshly or unfairly | - |
| (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: dragoon, railroad |
| sandbagger | (noun) someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you | - |
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| sandbank | (noun) a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide | - |
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| sandbar | (noun) a bar of sand | Synonyms: sand bar |
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| sandberry | (noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | Synonyms: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, wild cranberry |
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| sandblast | (noun) a blast of wind laden with sand | - |
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| (verb) grind with a sandblast | - |
| sandblaster | (noun) a tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand; used to clean or grind hard surfaces | - |
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| sandbox | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandpile, sandpit |
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| (noun) mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal | - |
| sandboy | (noun) a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy' | - |
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| sandbur | (noun) grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs | Synonyms: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandspur |
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| sander | (noun) a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor | Synonyms: drum sander, electric sander, smoother |
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| sanderling | (noun) small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world | Synonyms: Crocethia alba |
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| sandfish | (noun) either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand | - |
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| (noun) fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand | Synonyms: beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus |
| sandfly | (noun) any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis | Synonyms: Phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly |
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| sandglass | (noun) timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage | - |
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| sandgrouse | (noun) pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young | Synonyms: sand grouse |
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| sandhi | (noun) the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech) | - |
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| sandhopper | (noun) small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches | Synonyms: beach flea, sand flea, sand hopper |
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| sandiness | (noun) a texture resembling that of sand | - |
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| (noun) The property of containing sand. | - |
| sandlike | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: arenaceous, sandy |
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| sandlot | (noun) a vacant lot used by city boys to play games | - |
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| sandman | (noun) an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy | - |
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| sandpaper | (noun) stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand | Synonyms: emery paper |
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| (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
| sandpapery | (adjective) having the abrasive texture of sandpaper | - |
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| sandpile | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpit |
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| sandpiper | (noun) any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | - |
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| sandpit | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpile |
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| (noun) a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | - |
| sands | (noun) the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | Synonyms: litoral, littoral, littoral zone |
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| sandspur | (noun) grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs | Synonyms: Cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandbur |
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| sandstone | (noun) a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) | - |
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| sandstorm | (noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco |
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| sandwich | (noun) two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | - |
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| (verb) insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects | - |
| (verb) make into a sandwich | - |
| sandwichman | (noun) a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders | - |
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| sandwort | (noun) low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens | - |
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| (noun) low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers | Synonyms: Moehringia lateriflora |
| (noun) loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe | Synonyms: Moehringia mucosa |
| sandy | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: arenaceous, sandlike |
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| (adjective) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: flaxen |
| sane | (adjective) mentally healthy; free from mental disorder | - |
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| (adjective) marked by sound judgment; having good reason | Synonyms: reasonable |
| sanely | (adverb) with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner | Synonyms: reasonably, sensibly |
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| (adverb) in a sane or lucid manner | - |
| saneness | (noun) normal or sound powers of mind | Synonyms: sanity |
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| sanfoin | (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, sainfoin |
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| sang | (noun) North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng | Synonyms: American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius |
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| sangapenum | (noun) a variety of gum | Synonyms: gum sangapenum |
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| sangaree | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangria |
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| sangoma | (noun) a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder | - |
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| sangria | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangaree |
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| sanguification | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis |
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| sanguinary | (adjective) marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed | Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded |
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| (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous |
| sanguine | (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: florid, rubicund, ruddy |
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| (adjective) confidently optimistic and cheerful | Synonyms: sanguineous |
| (noun) chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood | Synonyms: red chalk |
| (noun) a blood-red color | - |
| sanguineness | (noun) feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident | Synonyms: sanguinity |
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| sanguineous | (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguinary, slaughterous |
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| (adjective) confidently optimistic and cheerful | Synonyms: sanguine |
| sanguinity | (noun) feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident | Synonyms: sanguineness |
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| sanicle | (noun) a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers | Synonyms: snakeroot |
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| sanies | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, pus, suppuration |
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| sanious | (adjective) of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | Synonyms: ichorous |
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| sanitariness | (noun) the state of being conducive to health | - |
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| sanitarium | (noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases | Synonyms: sanatarium, sanatorium |
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| sanitary | (adjective) free from filth and pathogens | Synonyms: healthful |
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| sanitate | (verb) provide with sanitary facilities or appliances | - |
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| sanitation | (noun) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing | Synonyms: sanitisation, sanitization |
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| (noun) the state of being clean and conducive to health | - |
| sanitisation | (noun) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing | Synonyms: sanitation, sanitization |
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| sanitise | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitize |
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| (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitize |
| sanitised | (adjective) made sanitary | Synonyms: sanitized |
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| sanitization | (noun) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing | Synonyms: sanitation, sanitisation |
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| sanitize | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitise |
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| (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitise |
| sanitized | (adjective) made sanitary | Synonyms: sanitised |
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| sanity | (noun) normal or sound powers of mind | Synonyms: saneness |
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| sannup | (noun) a married male American Indian | - |
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| sannyasi | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasin, sanyasi |
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| sannyasin | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasi, sanyasi |
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| sansevieria | (noun) grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber | Synonyms: bowstring hemp |
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| santims | (noun) 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia | - |
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| sanyasi | (noun) a Hindu religious mendicant | Synonyms: sannyasi, sannyasin |
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| sap | (noun) a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people | Synonyms: blackjack, cosh |
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| (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool |
| (noun) a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant | - |
| (verb) excavate the earth beneath | - |
| (verb) deplete | Synonyms: exhaust, play out, run down, tire |
| saphead | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, muggins, sap, tomfool |
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| sapid | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, saporous |
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| sapidity | (noun) a pleasant flavor | Synonyms: sapidness |
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| (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, relish, savor, savour, smack, tang |
| sapidness | (noun) a pleasant flavor | Synonyms: sapidity |
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| sapience | (noun) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight | Synonyms: wisdom |
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| sapiens | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens | - |
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| sapient | (adjective) acutely insightful and wise | Synonyms: perspicacious, sagacious |
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| sapiential | (adjective) characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God | - |
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| sapiently | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, astutely, sagaciously, shrewdly |
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| sapless | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry | - |
| sapling | (noun) young tree | - |
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| sapodilla | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla plum, sapota |
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| (noun) large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras | Synonyms: Achras zapota, Manilkara zapota, sapodilla tree |
| saponaceous | (adjective) resembling or having the qualities of soap | Synonyms: soapy |
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| saponification | (noun) a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap) | - |
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| saponified | (adjective) converted into soap | - |
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| saponify | (verb) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali | - |
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| (verb) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
| saponin | (noun) any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers | - |
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| saporous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid |
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| sapota | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla, sapodilla plum |
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| sapote | (noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet | Synonyms: mammee, marmalade plum |
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| (noun) tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum | Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota |