6-letter words starting with sa
- saipan — an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- saithe — pollock.
- saitic — a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sakkos — an embroidered vestment worn by a bishop and corresponding to the dalmatic.
- saktas — a person who worships Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- salaam — a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- salade — sallet.
- salado — Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- salami — a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- salary — a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- salian — of, relating to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.
- salify — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salina — a city in central Kansas.
- saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- salish — a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- saliva — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- sallee — a SE Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus pauciflora, with a pale grey bark
- sallet — a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- sallow — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- salmis — salmi.
- salmon — a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- salome — Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- saloon — a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- saloop — a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- salt i — either of two preliminary five-year agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for the control of certain nuclear weapons, the first concluded in 1972 (SALT I) and the second drafted in 1979 (SALT II) but not ratified.
- salted — containing salt; having the taste of salt: salt water.
- salten — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- salter — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- saltie — an ocean-going sailor.
- saltly — in the manner of salt
- saltus — oscillation (def 5b).
- salugi — a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- saluki — (sometimes lowercase) one of a breed of black and tan, white, gold, or tricolor dogs resembling the greyhound and having fringes of long hair on the ears, legs, and thighs, raised originally in Egypt and southwestern Asia.
- salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- salver — a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- salvia — any plant of the genus Salvia, comprising the sages, having opposite leaves and whorled flowers.
- salvor — a person who salvages or helps to salvage a ship, cargo, etc.
- salyut — one of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971.
- samain — a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
- samara — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- sambal — a condiment or side dish of Indonesia, Malaysia, and southern India, made with any of various ingredients, as vegetables, fish, or coconut, usually seasoned with chili peppers and spices and served with rice and curries.
- sambar — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- sambre — a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- samedl — SQL Ada Module Description Language. Used to interface Ada application programs to SQL-based DBMSs. E-mail: Marc Graham <[email protected]>. ftp://ajpo.sei.cmu.edu/public/atip/samedl/.
- samekh — the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- samely — monotonous
- samfoo — a style of casual dress worn by Chinese women, consisting of a waisted blouse and trousers
- samian — of or relating to the Greek island of Samos.
- samite — a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samiti — (in India) an association, esp one formed to organize political activity