English words: sanction to sandgroper
300 English words, part 12 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.
English words sanction to sandgroper
- sanction noun, verb /ˈsæŋkʃən/: An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
- sanctionability noun: The state or quality of being sanctionable.
- sanctionable adjective: That can be sanctioned.
- sanctionably adverb: In a manner or to a degree that is sanctionable.
- sanctional adjective: Relating to sanctions.
- sanctionary adjective: Of, pertaining to, or giving sanction.
- sanctionative adjective: Being or relating to a sanction; sanctioning.
- sanctioneer noun: Synonym of sanctioner.
- sanctioner noun: someone or something who sanctions
- sanctioning noun, verb: The act of one who sanctions.
- sanctionism noun: A policy of imposing sanctions.
- sanctionist noun: One who supports a policy of imposing sanctions.
- sanctionless adjective: For breaking which there is no sanction.
- sanctionlessness noun: The quality of being sanctionless.
- sanctionment noun: The imposition of sanctions.
- sanctitude noun: holiness; sacredness; sanctity
- sanctity noun /ˈsæŋktɪti/: Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
- sanctuaried adjective: Protected in a sanctuary.
- sanctuarise verb: Alternative form of sanctuarize.
- sanctuarization noun: The process, or the result of sanctuarizing
- sanctuarize verb: To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
- sanctuary noun /ˈsæŋktjʊəɹi/: A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
- sanctuary city noun: A city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.
- sanctuarylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sanctuary.
- sanctum noun /ˈsæŋktəm/: A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
- sanctum sanctorum noun: Synonym of garbhagriha.
- Sanctus proper noun: A prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.
- sanctus bell noun: A sacring-bell.
- Sancy proper noun: A pale yellow diamond of 55.23 carats (11.046 grams), probably of Indian origin, and owned by a number of important figures in European history.
- sancyite noun: A variety of trachyandesite.
- sand adjective, noun, verb /sænd/: Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in...
- sand and spinach noun: A form of camouflage in dull green and olive colors.
- sand apricot-vine noun: Any of species Landolphia kirkii of African lianas.
- sand art noun: Any artwork consisting mainly or wholly of sand.
- sand asp noun: The horned viper or sand viper (Vipera ammodytes).
- sand badger noun: Asian badger (Meles leucurus)
- sand band noun: A guard-ring to keep sand from working into the axle-box.
- sand bar noun: Alternative spelling of sandbar.
- sand bass noun: Synonym of white bass
- sand bath noun: A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a container filled with heated sand, that is used to provide an even source of heat.
- sand bathing noun: Synonym of dust bathing; perhaps more specifically via sand.
- sand battery noun: An unspillable electrochemical battery whose cells use electrolyte soaked sand – typically used to test telegraph cables at sea.
- sand bean noun: Strophostyles helvola, a species of flowering plant in the legume family, native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
- sand bear noun: balisaur
- sand bee noun: A mining bee
- sand blackberry noun: Rubus cuneifolius, a North American flowering plant in the rose family.
- sand-blight noun: Alternative form of sandy blight.
- sand-blind adjective: Alternative form of sandblind.
- sand bluestem noun: Synonym of big bluestem.
- sand boa noun: Any of a number of snakes in subfamily Erycinae: genera Charina, Eryx, and Gongylophis.
- sand boil noun /ˈsænd bɔɪl/: An eruption of water through a bed of sand due, for instance, to seismic activity, or to differences in water pressure on two sides of a levee which causes...
- sand-boondy noun: a small lump of sand
- sand box noun: Alternative spelling of sandbox.
- sand break noun: Synonym of sand fence.
- sand bug noun: Synonym of sand crab (“crab of the Hippoidea superfamily”).
- sand buggy noun: Synonym of dune buggy.
- sand canal noun: stone canal
- sand-cast verb: To make (a casting) by pouring metal in a sand mold.
- sand cat noun: A small wild cat, Felis margarita, distributed over African and Asian deserts.
- sand catchfly noun: A species of catchfly, Silene conica, which thrives in sandy soils and is characterized by bright pink flowers.
- sand cherry noun: Prunus pumila, a North American cherry in the rose family, growing in sandy locations.
- sand clock noun: hourglass
- sand cock noun: Synonym of redshank (“bird of genus Tringa”).
- sand crab noun: A crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans, living in sandy habitats.
- sand crack noun: A vertical fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof; a quarter crack.
- sand cress noun: Calyptridium monandrum, a desert herb of the Southeast US and Northwest Mexico.
- sand cricket noun: Jerusalem cricket
- sand crocus noun: Romulea columnae, a small flower of Europe and the Middle East.
- sand culture noun: The use of sand as a growing medium in hydroponics.
- sand dab noun: Any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.
- sand dam noun: a rainwater harvesting structure of a concrete dam built over a seasonal riverbed, intended to fill with sand which will retain and filter water
- Sand Dancer noun: Someone from South Shields.
- sand daphne noun: A shrub from New Zealand, Pimelea villosa.
- sand dart noun: A noctuid moth of species Agrotis ripae.
- sand darter noun: Any of the small perches of the genus Ammocrypta.
- sand diver noun: A fish, the sand darter.
- sand dollar noun: Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida, having a flat, disk-shaped body with the mouth in a mid-ventral position, and living in sand, on or near the...
- sand dome noun: A sand reservoir mounted on top of the boiler of a steam locomotive. The sand was used on wet rails to prevent slipping.
- sand down verb: To treat or polish with sandpaper.
- sand drag noun: A pile of sand or earth at the end of a siding or bay platform, intended to stop trains that overrun or pass through trap points set for a siding.
- sand dune noun: A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.
- sand duning noun: The activity of riding in a dune buggy
- sand eel noun: Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.
- sand engine noun: A large volume of sediment added to a coast to promote beach nourishment by means of wind, waves, and tides.
- sand fence noun: A barrier made from stakes and wire, used to control the movement of sand blown by the wind.
- sand-flag noun: Sandstone that splits up into flagstones.
- sand flea noun: Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
- sand flounder noun: Any of the family Paralichthyidae of flounders.
- sand fly noun: Alternative form of sandfly.
- sand fox noun: Synonym of Rüppell's fox
- sand gazelle noun: slender-horned gazelle, Gazella leptoceros
- sand goanna noun: A large monitor lizard native to Australia (Varanus gouldii).
- sand grape noun: A species of grape native to the Ozarks, Vitis rupestris.
- sand grouse noun: Alternative spelling of sandgrouse.
- sand hog noun: Alternative form of sandhog.
- sand hopper noun: The sand flea.
- sand hornet noun: cicada killer (not a true hornet)
- sand iron noun: A sand wedge.
- sand jack noun: A type of jack from which sand can be released gradually in small quantities when lowering something into position.
- sand-jet noun: Synonym of sandblast.
- sand lance noun: Any of the slender fish of the family Ammodytidae.
- sand lark noun: Alaudala raytal, a small passerine bird in the lark family, found in southern Asia.
- sand leek noun: A wild onion of species Allium scorodoprasum.
- sand lettuce noun: A plant of the species Dudleya caespitosa, succulent perennials native to California.
- sand lily noun: Leucocrinum montanum (common starlily)
- sand lizard noun: especially, any lizard of species Lacerta agilis, distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.
- sand martin noun: a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.
- sand mason noun: Synonym of sand mason worm.
- sand mason worm noun: Lanice conchilega, a burrowing marine polychaete worm.
- sand mole noun: A coast rat (Bathyergus suillus)
- sand monkey noun: A sand ridge.
- sand motor noun: Synonym of sand engine.
- sand mouse noun: A jird (type of rodent).
- sand myrtle noun: The plant Kalmia buxifolia.
- sand-natter noun: The sand viper or horned viper, Vipera ammodytes.
- sand off verb: To make smooth or blunt by sandpapering.
- sand olive noun: A shrub ranging from South Africa to New Zealand, Dodonaea angustifolia or Dodonaea thunbergii.
- sand painting noun: Alternative form of sandpainting.
- sand palm noun: A small palm, Livistona humilis, of the northern Northern Territory, that typically grows in sandy ground.
- Sand Papago noun: A group of Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico, who are today known as the Hia C-ed...
- sand partridge noun: A game bird of species Ammoperdix heyi in the pheasant family.
- sand pear noun: Synonym of apple pear.
- sand-peep noun: Alternative form of sandpeep.
- sand perch noun: Alternative form of sandperch (Pinguipedidae)
- sand pillar noun: A whirling, columnar vortex of sand occasionally seen in desert regions.
- sand pine noun: Any pine of the species Pinus clausa, endemic to the American South.
- sand-pipe noun: Alternative form of sandpipe.
- sand plover noun: Any of various plovers that winter on sandy beaches. The lesser sand plover is Charadrius mongolus; the greater sand plover is Charadrius leschenaultii.
- sand plum noun: The Chickasaw plum, Prunus angustifolia.
- sand-pride noun: Any of species Lampetra fluviatilis (syns. Petromyzon branchialis, Ammocaetes branchialis) of lampreys found in the rivers of Britain.
- sand pump noun: A long cylinder with valved piston for use in drilling rocks.
- sand puppy noun: Synonym of naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
- sand python noun: Synonym of woma python.
- sand rail noun: A type of dune buggy.
- sand rat noun: Any of the rodents in the genus Psammomys, related to gerbils.
- sand reed noun: Any of the North American grasses of the genus Calamovilfa.
- sand reel noun: A windlass used in working a sand pump.
- sand-roll noun: A metal roll cast in sand.
- sand runner noun: Synonym of sandpiper.
- sand saucer noun: A round mass of the agglutinated egg-capsules of a naticoid gastropod, found on beaches.
- sand-screw noun: An amphipod that burrows in the sand, leaving screw-like patterns.
- sand sedge noun: A species of sedge (Carex arenaria).
- sand shark noun: Any of the family Odontaspididae of mackerel sharks.
- sand sheet noun: A relatively flat area of sand blown there by the wind
- sand shoe noun: Alternative form of sandshoe.
- sand shot noun: Small cast-iron balls cast in sand.
- sand shrimp noun: Japanese sand shrimp (Crangon affinis), of east Asian waters
- sand skink noun: A lizard of species Plestiodon reynoldsi, endemic to Florida.
- sand-skipper noun: Any of various hesperiid butterflies inhabiting dry, sandy regions.
- sand sludger noun: A sand ejector, modified from the jet pump, used in caissons for sinking the foundations of bridges.
- sand slug noun: A species of predatory sea slug with an internal shell; Philine aperta.
- sand smelt noun: Any of species Atherina presbyter, of estuaries and coasts of the eastern North Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
- sand snake noun: Any snake in the genus Psammophis
- sand spit noun: Alternative spelling of sandspit.
- sand-spout noun: Alternative form of sandspout.
- sand star noun: Luidia foliolata, a starfish in the family Luidiidae, found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
- sand storm noun: Alternative spelling of sandstorm.
- sand table noun: A sandbox raised on legs for children to play.
- sand thrower noun: A tool for throwing sand on newly sized or painted surfaces.
- sand tiger noun: Ellipsis of sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)
- sand tiger shark noun: A shark of species Carcharias taurus, of temperate and subtropical continental shelves worldwide.
- sand timer noun: An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.
- sand trap noun: A sand-filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker.
- sand tube worm noun: Pectinaria australis - an annelid beach worm that forms a fragile tapered tube, about 50 mm long made of grains of sand.
- sand verbena noun: Any plant in the genus Abronia or the related genus Tripterocalyx, herbaceous flowers native to sandy habitats throughout the western half of North America,...
- sand violet noun: A North American violet of species Viola adunca.
- sand viper noun: horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
- sand volleyball noun: beach volleyball
- sand wasp noun: Any member of the genus Ammophila of narrow-waisted hunting wasps, sometimes placed in Sphecidae.
- sand wave noun: A ripple on the surface of sand caused by the action of the sea
- sand wedge noun: A golf club (an iron) with a heavy flange on the bottom, ideal for bunker shots.
- sand whiting noun: A fish of species Sillago ciliata, found in tidal waters off Australia.
- sand winner noun: A person who undertakes sand winning
- sand winning noun: The extraction of sand (sometimes illegally) from beaches, dunes or river beds
- sand yacht noun: Synonym of land yacht.
- sand yachting noun: Synonym of land yachting.
- sanda noun: A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.
- Sanda ware noun: A kind of Japanese pottery.
- sandable adjective: Suitable for sanding.
- Sandage proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Sandahl proper noun: A surname.
- sandak noun: Alternative form of sandek.
- Sandakan proper noun: The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.
- sandal noun, verb /ˈsændəl/: A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
- sandal-wood noun: Alternative form of sandalwood.
- sandaled adjective: Alternative spelling of sandalled.
- sandaliform adjective: shaped like a sandal or slipper.
- sandaling noun: Alternative form of sandalling.
- Sandall proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- sandalled adjective: Wearing a sandal or sandals.
- sandalless adjective: Without sandals.
- sandallike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sandal.
- sandalling noun: Material for making sandals.
- sandalore noun: The alicyclic alcohol 3-methyl-5-(2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-en-1-yl)pentan-2-ol
- sandalpunk noun: A subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the technology and society of the Iron Age, especially the Roman Empire.
- sandalwear noun: Sandals (as a category of clothing).
- sandalwood noun /ˈsandəlwʊd/: Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
- sandalwort noun: Synonym of sandalwood.
- sandan noun: The tree Ougeinia oojeinensis.
- Sandancer noun: Alternative spelling of Sand Dancer.
- sandanme noun: the division of sumo wrestlers above jonidan and below makushita
- sandar noun: Alternative form of sandur.
- sandarac noun /ˈsændəɹæk/: Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
- sandarach noun: Alternative form of sandarac.
- Sanday proper noun: An island, the third largest in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
- Sandbach proper noun /ˈsændbæt͡ʃ/: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7560).
- sandbag noun, verb /ˈsændˌbæɡ/: A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
- sandbagger noun: One who sandbags (misleads about their ability level in order to win bets); a hustler.
- sandbagging noun, verb: The act or process of filling and laying sandbags, such as before a storm in anticipation of flooding.
- sandball noun: A mass of wet sand formed into a ball.
- sandbank noun /ˈsændˌbæŋk/: A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
- sandbar noun /ˈsændˌbɑɹ/: A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.
- sandbar shark noun: A requiem shark of species Carcharhinus plumbeus, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific, distinguishable by its very high first dorsal fin and...
- sandbar willow noun: Synonym of coyote willow.
- sandbath noun: Alternative spelling of sand bath.
- sandbathe verb: To take a sand bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites, by rolling in sand or dust.
- sandbeach noun: a beach consisting of mainly sand
- sandbed noun: A thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially.
- sandbell noun: Nama hispida (rough nama), native to the US southwest.
- sandbelt noun: A dunal ridge.
- Sandberg proper noun: A surname.
- Sandberg bluegrass noun: Synonym of Nevada bluegrass.
- Sandberg's bluegrass noun: The American grass Poa secunda.
- sandberry noun: Synonym of bearberry.
- sandbin noun: A bin for holding sand.
- sandbird noun: A sandpiper.
- sandblast noun, verb /ˈsænd.blɑːst/: To spray with fast-moving solid grains (such as sand propelled by compressed air, although softer material like sodium bicarbonate used for delicate...
- sandblaster noun: A device used to sandblast.
- sandblasting noun, verb: The process by which something is sandblasted.
- sandblind adjective: Half-blind; partially blind.
- sandblindness noun: The state of being sandblind.
- sandblow noun: A geyserlike eruption of sand and water.
- sandboard noun, verb: A board similar to a snowboard used to descend sand dunes
- sandboarder noun: Someone who sandboards.
- sandboarding noun: A recreational activity resembling snowboarding but performed on sand instead of snow.
- sandbody noun: A finite accumulation of sand that formed due to a specific depositional process.
- sandbox noun, verb /ˈsænd.bɒks/: A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
- sandbox game noun: A game with no linear storyline or specific goal, the player deriving amusement from a range of open-ended interactions or situations.
- sandbox tree noun: Hura crepitans, an evergreen tree of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America.
- sandboxer noun: One who plays in a sandbox.
- sandboy noun: A boy who sells sand.
- sandbreak noun: Alternative form of sand break.
- sandbugger noun: A patty made from cooked potatoes, seasoned with onions, and fried.
- sandbur noun /ˈsændbəɹ/: Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr
- sandburr noun: Alternative form of sandbur.
- sandburrower noun: Any fish of the family Creediidae.
- sandcast verb: Alternative form of sand-cast.
- sandcastle noun /ˈsæn(d)ˌkæsəl/: A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.
- sandcastler noun: A person who builds sandcastles.
- sandcastling noun: The act of building sandcastles.
- sandcherry noun: Alternative form of sand cherry.
- sandcorn noun: A grain of sand.
- sandcrab noun: Alternative form of sand crab.
- sandcrack noun: Alternative form of sand crack.
- sandcrete noun: A yellow-white construction material made from a binder (typically Portland cement), sand, and water.
- sandculture noun: Alternative form of sand culture.
- sanddab noun: Alternative spelling of sand dab.
- Sande proper noun: A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
- sanded adjective, verb: Having been smoothed through any process.
- sandeel noun: Alternative form of sand eel.
- Sandeen proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- Sandeep proper noun: A male given name from Hindi; variant forms Sandip, Sundeep, used in India.
- Sandefur proper noun: A surname.
- sandek noun /ˈsɑːndɛk/: A person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding the baby boy in his lap as the mohel performs the circumcision.
- Sandel proper noun: A surname.
- Sandeman proper noun: A surname.
- Sandemanian noun: One of the Glasites who received the doctrines through Robert Sandeman.
- sander noun /ˈsændɚ/: A person employed to sand wood.
- Sandercock proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- sanderdust noun: The fine particles of wood created by sanding, typically finer than sawdust.
- Sanderism noun: Alternative form of Sandersism.
- Sanderista noun: A supporter of Bernie Sanders or his political philosophy.
- sanderite noun: An evaporite, consisting of hydrated magnesium sulphate, MgSO₄·H₂O.
- sanderling noun: A small wading bird, of species Calidris alba, that breeds in the Arctic and winters on sandy shores and estuaries around the world.
- Sandernista noun: Alternative form of Sanderista.
- sanders noun: sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood
- Sandersian adjective: Of or pertaining to E. P. Sanders (1937–2022), American New Testament scholar and a principal proponent of the "New Perspective on Paul".
- Sandersism noun: The political philosophy of Bernie Sanders.
- Sanderson proper noun /ˈsɑːn.də.sən/: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- sandersonia noun: A plant of the genus Sandersonia, with yellow or orange flowers, Sandersonia aurantiaca.
- Sanderstead proper noun /sɑːndəɹstɛd/: A suburban area in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3361).
- Sandersville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Washington County, Georgia, United States, named after store owner M. Saunders.
- sanderswood noun: Alternative form of saunderswood.
- Sandes proper noun: A surname.
- sandesh noun: a dessert originating from Bengal.
- sandever noun: Alternative form of sandiver.
- sandfall noun: The downward movement of sand triggered by gravitational forces or water saturation.
- sandfish noun: Any member of the genus Gonorynchus (also called beaked sandfishes), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae)
- sandfish skink noun: Scincus scincus, a species of skink notable for its habit of burrowing into sand.
- sandflat noun: An extended, flat area of sand, typically near a shore, with little or no vegetation.
- sandflea noun: Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas.
- sandflow noun: The flow of sand, under the influence of wind, to form dunes
- sandfly noun: Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- sandfly fever noun: Synonym of pappataci fever.
- Sandford proper noun /ˈsænd.fəd/: A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4259).
- Sandgate proper noun: A suburban coastal village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2035).
- sandglass noun: An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.
- Sandgren proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
- sandgroper noun: An inhabitant of Western Australia.
Part 11 · Part 13 · English words: S
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.