7-letter words starting with s
- sarazen — Gene (Eugene Saraceni) 1902–1999, U.S. golfer.
- sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- sarcina — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sarcode — protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- sarcoid — a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sarcoma — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- sarcous — consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- sardana — a dance of the region of Catalonia, Spain, in which the dancers form a moving circle.
- sardine — the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- sardius — sard.
- sargent — Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- sarking — a timber or felt cladding placed over the rafters of a roof before the tiles or slates are fixed in place
- sarkozy — Nicolas (niːkɒˌlaː). born 1955, French centre-right politician, president of France from 2007 to 2012
- sarment — a thin stem or runner that forms a new plant
- sarnath — an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage center in N India, near Varanasi: Buddha's first sermon preached here; many ancient Buddhist monuments.
- sarnoff — David, 1891–1971, U.S. businessman and broadcasting executive, born in Russia.
- saroyan — William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- sarplar — a coarse cloth bagging.
- sarsnet — sarcenet.
- sashimi — raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- sassaby — a large, blackish-red South African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, having curved horns.
- sassari — a city in NW Sardinia.
- sassily — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- sassing — impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
- sassoon — Siegfried (Loraine) [seeg-freed law-reyn,, loh-] /ˈsig frid lɔˈreɪn,, loʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1886–1967, English poet and novelist.
- satanic — of Satan.
- satchel — Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- satiate — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- saticon — a high-resolution television camera tube used when high definition is required
- satiety — the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- satilla — a river in SE Georgia, flowing E to the Atlantic Ocean. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- satinet — a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- satires — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satiric — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- satrapy — the province or jurisdiction of a satrap.
- satsuma — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
- sattvic — Hinduism. characterized by sattva: having a serene, harmonious, balanced mind or attitude.
- satyral — a mythical beast in heraldry thought to have a lion's body, an antelope's tail and horns, and an old man's face
- satyric — 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.
- satyrid — 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.
- saucers — a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- saucier — a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- saudade — (in Portuguese folk culture) a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent: the theme of saudade in literature and music.
- saundra — a female given name.
- saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- saurian — belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sausage — minced pork, beef, or other meats, often combined, together with various added ingredients and seasonings, usually stuffed into a prepared intestine or other casing and often made in links.