English words: santero to saprogenic
300 English words, part 15 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.
English words santero to saprogenic
- santero noun: A man who crafts santos (religious statues).
- Santerre proper noun: A surname.
- Santhal adjective, noun: Alternative form of Santal.
- Santhali adjective: Alternative form of Santali.
- santhara noun: Synonym of sallekhana.
- Santhosh proper noun: A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
- Santi proper noun /ˈsænti/: A male or female given name from Latin.
- Santiago proper noun /sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/: Ellipsis of Santiago del Estero: a city in Argentina.
- Santiago shell noun: Synonym of pilgrim's shell.
- santiagoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- Santiam noun: A member of an indigenous Kalapuyan people of the Northwest Plateau, living in Oregon, traditionally on the banks of the Santiam River.
- Santiam berry noun: A California blackberry and loganberry hybrid berry plant and its fruit
- Santillan proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- Santillana proper noun: A surname.
- Santilli proper noun: A surname.
- santilmo noun: A floating flame or fire ball, similar to a will o' the wisp, that stalk or chase people at night, believed to be the ignited blood of a person who met a...
- santim noun: A subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.
- Santini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Santiniketan proper noun: A town near Bolpur in Birbhum district, West Bengal, in eastern India.
- Santino proper noun: A male given name.
- santir noun: Alternative form of santur.
- santite noun: A mineral containing potassium, boron, oxygen, and hydrogen.
- santo noun: A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.
- Santo Domingan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Santo Domingo (in various senses).
- Santo thicketbird noun: Cincloramphus whitneyi, a bird species, found on the Pacific Ocean island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu.
- santoku noun: A Japanese knife for general culinary usage.
- santol noun: A tropical Asian tree (Sandoricum koetjape).
- santolina noun: Any of the genus Santolina of evergreen shrubs in the sunflower family.
- Santomean adjective, noun: Alternative form of São Toméan.
- santon noun: A Muslim holy man.
- santonate noun: A salt of santonic acid.
- Santoni proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Santonian proper noun /sanˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: A stage or age, a subdivision of the Late (Upper) Cretaceous epoch.
- santonic acid noun: An acid, C₁₅H₂₀O₄, distinct from santoninic acid, obtained from santonin.
- santonica noun: An Asian plant (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina), related to wormwood, which has been used since ancient times as a vermifuge due to its santonin...
- santonin noun /ˈsæntənɪn/: An anthelmintic found in santonica and related plants.
- santoninate noun: Any salt or ester of santoninic acid.
- santonine noun: Alternative form of santonin.
- santoninic acid noun: An acid obtained from santonin.
- santoor noun: An Indian string instrument, a trapezoidal hammered dulcimer with seventy strings, believed to be derived from the Persian santur.
- Santora proper noun: A surname.
- Santorelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Santorini proper noun /ˌsantɒˈɹiːnɪ/: An island in the Cyclades, Greece.
- Santorini's cartilage noun: The corniculate cartilage of the larynx.
- Santorini's concha noun: The superior nasal concha.
- Santorini's minor caruncle noun: The minor duodenal papilla.
- Santorini's muscle noun: A bundle of muscular fibers that draw the angle of the mouth laterally.
- Santorini's plexus noun: The prostatic venous plexus.
- Santorini's vein noun: A vein that passes through the parietal foramen and links the superior sagittal sinus with veins of the scalp.
- Santoro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- santorum noun /sanˈtɔːɹəm/: A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.
- Santosh proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- santour noun: Alternative spelling of santur.
- santouri noun: Alternative form of santur.
- Santoyo proper noun: A surname.
- Santry proper noun: A suburb of Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.
- Santucci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- santula noun: A vegetable curry from Odisha.
- santur noun: A type of hammered dulcimer played in Persian music
- Santurce proper noun: A barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Santy proper noun /ˈsænti/: A diminutive name for Santa Claus.
- santyl noun: A particular brand of collagenase ointment.
- SANU noun: Any of a group of South American native ungulates, extinct ungulate-like mammals sharing uncertain affinities.
- sanukite noun: An andesite characterized by orthopyroxene as the mafic mineral, andesine as the plagioclase, and a glassy groundmass.
- sanukitoid noun: A variety of high-magnesium granitoid found in convergent margin settings.
- Sanur proper noun: A Palestinian village in Jenin Governorate, Palestine.
- Sanusi noun: Alternative form of Senussi.
- Sanusian adjective: Alternative form of Senussian.
- Sanusiya noun: Senussi Muslims.
- Sanusiyya noun: Senussi Muslims.
- Sanusiyyah noun: Senussi Muslims.
- Sanussi noun: Alternative form of Senussi.
- Sanussian adjective: Alternative form of Senussian.
- sanwa noun: Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”)
- sanxian noun: A three-stringed fretless Chinese instrument.
- Sanya proper noun: A female given name from Russian.
- Sanyakoan adjective: Of or relating to a certain subgroup of the Tlingit, or their language.
- sanyaku noun: Any of the three highest ranks of sumo wrestler: komusubi, sekiwake and ozeki, together with the honorary title of yokozuna.
- sanyasi noun: Alternative form of sannyasi.
- Sanyi proper noun: A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
- Sanz proper noun: A surname.
- sanza noun /ˈsænzə/: Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.
- SAO noun: Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinoecia, especially Hyalinoecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in...
- São Paulo caecilian noun: Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis, a species of caecilian, a type of serpentine amphibian.
- Sao Tomean adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to São Tomé and Principe or its peoples.
- SaO2 noun: Initialism of arterial oxygen saturation.
- saofai noun: In Samoan culture, the ceremony in which the title of matai (chief) is bestowed.
- Saoirse proper noun /ˈsɪə(ɹ).ʃə/: A female given name from Irish.
- saola noun /ˈsaʊlə/: A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.
- Saône proper noun /soʊn/: A river in France that flows into the Rhone.
- Saonian adjective /seɪˈoʊniən/: Of or relating to the Nereid Sao in Greek mythology.
- Saora noun: Alternative form of Sora (“people”).
- Sãotomense adjective: Of or relating to São Tomé.
- saouari noun: Alternative form of souari.
- sap noun, verb /sæp/: The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- sap ball noun: Any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
- sap fagot noun: A short fascine, approximately three feet in length, employed in sapping operations to fill gaps between gabions prior to the construction of a parapet.
- sap green noun: A dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus cathartica, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
- sap moon noun: A full moon in March.
- sap roller noun: A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
- sap rot noun: dry rot
- sap shield noun: A metal plate that shelters a sapper.
- sap stain noun: Synonym of blue stain.
- sap tube noun: a vessel that conveys sap
- sap-wood noun: Alternative form of sapwood.
- sapa noun: A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.
- Sapa Inca noun: A ruler of the Inca Empire.
- sapacitabine noun: An oral nucleoside analogue prodrug with potential uses in chemotherapy.
- sapadilla noun: Alternative form of sapodilla.
- sapadillo noun: Alternative form of sapodilla.
- sapajo noun: Alternative form of sapajou.
- sapajou noun: Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, with long prehensile tails.
- sapan noun /səˈpæn/: Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.
- sapan wood noun: Alternative form of sappanwood.
- sapanwood noun: Alternative form of sappanwood.
- Sápara noun: Alternative form of Zápara.
- sapayoa noun: A passerine bird of the species Sapayoa aenigma found in lowland rainforests in Panama and northwest South America.
- sapcicle noun: A spike-shaped formation of frozen tree sap.
- SaPD noun: Alternative form of SPD (“sadistic personality disorder”).
- sapec noun: Alternative form of sapek (“Vietnamese coin”).
- sapeca noun: Alternative form of sapek (“Vietnamese coin”).
- sapecin noun: An antibacterial protein present in a Sarcophaga
- sapeh noun: A traditional lute of the Kenyah and Kayan communities of Indonesia and Malaysia, carved from a single piece of wood.
- sapek noun: A cast round coin with a square hole, an official currency of Vietnam from the Đinh dynasty in 970 until the Nguyễn dynasty in 1945.
- sapele noun /səˈpiːli/: Entandrophragma cylindricum, a large tree native to tropical Africa.
- Sapele water noun: moonshine; illicit alcohol
- sapelli noun: Alternative form of sapele.
- sapelovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Sapelovirus
- sapeornithid noun: Any member of the Sapeornithidae (also officially known as Omnivoropterygidae) family of theropods.
- sapeptide noun: A self-assembling peptide
- sapeque noun: Alternative form of sapek (“Vietnamese coin”).
- Saperavi noun: A Georgian dry red wine.
- saperconazole noun: An antifungal drug.
- Saperstein proper noun: A surname.
- sapeur noun: A member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
- sapful adjective: Full of sap; sappy; tasteful.
- Saph noun: The Ford Sierra Sapphire automobile, a four-door saloon version of the Ford Sierra and the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.
- saphaneous adjective: Alternative form of saphenous.
- saphead noun /ˈsæphɛd/: A simpleton, a stupid person.
- sapheaded adjective: simple-minded; foolish
- sapheadedness noun: The quality of being sapheaded.
- saphena noun: A prominent vein or nerve, the saphenous vein
- saphenal adjective: Relating to the saphena.
- saphenectomy noun: Removal of a saphenous vein
- saphenofemoral adjective: Relating to the saphenous vein and the femur.
- saphenopopliteal adjective: Relating to the saphenous vein and the popliteus.
- saphenous adjective /səˈfiːnəs/: Relating to, or situated near, the saphenous vein.
- saphenous nerve noun: saphena
- saphenous vein noun: The great saphenous vein, or (less commonly) the small saphenous vein.
- saphenously adverb: In a saphenous manner
- saphie noun: A West African talisman or charm.
- SAPHO syndrome noun: Any of a variety of inflammatory bone disorders that may be associated with skin changes, characterized by synovitis, arthritis, pustulosis, hyperostosis,...
- sapi-utan noun: The wild ox of Celebes.
- sapiao noun: Alternative form of sapyaw.
- sapid adjective: tasty, flavoursome
- sapidity noun: The property of being sapid; tastiness.
- sapidless adjective: Lacking sapidity; tasteless; flavorless.
- sapidness noun: The state or quality of being sapid.
- sapie noun: A noodle dish, laced with bile and chyme, made by the Dai ethnic group of southern Yunnan.
- sapien noun: A human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.
- sapience noun /ˈseɪpiəns/: The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.
- sapiency noun: Synonym of sapience.
- sapienic acid noun: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-6 hexadecenoic acid found in human sebum
- sapienization noun: The development of Homo sapiens (the modern human being) from earlier species.
- sapiens noun: A human being (Homo sapiens).
- sapient adjective, noun /ˈseɪ.pi.ənt/: Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.
- sapiential adjective /seɪ.piˈɛnt͡ʃəl/: Possessing or conferring wisdom, especially religious wisdom.
- sapientially adverb: In a sapiential manner.
- sapientisation noun: Alternative spelling of sapientization.
- sapientization noun: The process of evolving into Homo sapiens.
- sapientize verb: To make sapient.
- sapiently adverb: In a sapient manner.
- Sapienza proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- sapin-sapin noun: A Philippine layered dessert made with rice flour and coconut milk.
- sapinda noun: A deceased relative who is connected to the greater body of ancestors by the sharing of a sacrificial offering.
- sapindaceous adjective: Of or pertaining to the Sapindaceae, an order of trees and shrubs.
- sapindalean adjective: Of or pertaining to Sapindales order of plants.
- sapindaship noun: The role or status of a sapinda.
- sapintoxin noun: Any of a class of irritant phorbol esters obtained from milktrees of the genus Sapium.
- sapio adjective, noun: A sapiosexual.
- sapiophile noun: A person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
- sapiosexual adjective, noun /ˌseɪ.pi.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/: Sexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance.
- sapiosexuality noun: The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
- Sapir proper noun: A surname from Hebrew.
- Sapirian adjective: Relating to Edward Sapir (1884–1939), influential American anthropologist-linguist.
- sapiutan noun: Bubalus depressicornis, a small Indonesian water buffalo.
- Sapkota proper noun: A surname from Nepali.
- sapless adjective /ˈsæpləs/: Lacking in sap.
- saplessness noun: The state or condition of being sapless.
- saplike adjective: Resembling sap (the juice of plants).
- sapling noun /ˈsæplɪŋ/: A young tree, larger than a seedling.
- saplinghood noun: The state or time of being a sapling.
- Sapna proper noun: A female given name from Hindi.
- sapo- prefix: Used to form adjectives, nouns, and verbs used in the chemistry of soap-like materials
- sapodilla noun /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/: A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
- sapodilla plum noun: Synonym of sapodilla (“the edible fruit of this tree”)
- sapogenaceous adjective: That contain sapogenins
- sapogenin noun: The steroid constituent of the glycoside saponin
- sapon noun, prefix: Alternative form of sapo-.
- saponaceous adjective /ˌsæpəˈneɪʃəs/: Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
- saponaceousness noun: The quality of being saponaceous.
- saponacity noun: The quality or state of being saponaceous; soapiness.
- saponaretin noun: isovitexin
- saponarin noun: A glucoside found in Saponaria officinalis.
- saponary adjective: saponaceous; soapy or soaplike
- Saponi noun: A Native American tribe historically based in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia, part of the Monacan confederacies.
- saponic acid noun: An acid obtained from saponin.
- saponifiable adjective: Suitable for use in soap production.
- saponificated adjective: Synonym of saponified.
- saponification noun: The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
- saponification number noun: Synonym of Koettstorfer value.
- saponification value noun: Synonym of Koettstorfer value.
- saponified adjective, verb: Treated by saponification
- saponifier noun: Any reagent used for saponification.
- saponify verb: To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- saponin noun /ˈsæpənɪn/: Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.
- saponine noun: Alternative form of saponin.
- saponite noun: A trioctahedral smectite mineral.
- saponitic adjective: Relating to or composed of saponite.
- saponoside noun: Any of a particular class of steroid glycoside
- saponule noun: A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.
- sapophoric adjective: Conveying a sensation of taste.
- sapor noun: A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.
- saporific adjective /ˌsæp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/: taste-giving, or tasteful.
- saporin noun: A ribosome-inactivating protein present in the seeds of the soapwort Saponaria officinalis
- Saporogue noun: Alternative form of Zaporogue.
- saporosity noun: The extent to which something has taste.
- saporous adjective: Having flavour or taste
- saposin noun: Any of a class of small lysosomal proteins that serve as activators of various lysosomal lipid-degrading enzymes.
- sapota noun: The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
- sapotaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees.
- sapote noun /səˈpəʊtiː/: The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
- sapotilha noun: Alternative form of sapodilla.
- sapotilla noun: Alternative form of sapodilla.
- sapotoxin noun: A toxic saponin.
- sapour noun: Alternative spelling of sapor.
- sapourous adjective: Alternative form of saporous.
- sapovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Sapovirus
- SAPP noun: Initialism of sodium acid pyrophosphate.
- sappadu noun: A Tamil meal, typically including rice, served on a banana leaf
- sappan noun: Alternative form of sapan.
- sappanwood noun: Wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.
- sappar noun: Alternative form of sappare.
- sappare noun: kyanite
- sapper noun /ˈsæpɚ/: A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military...
- sapphic adjective, noun /ˈsæf.ɪk/: Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.
- sapphic pop noun: A contemporary music movement of upbeat pop, indie, and bedroom pop, most often created by queer women or non-binary artists.
- sapphic vice noun: Lesbianism.
- sapphically adverb: In a Sapphic way.
- Sapphira proper noun /səˈfaɪ.ɹə/: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- sapphire adjective, noun /ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə/: A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- sapphire glass noun: Synthetic sapphire, commonly used as a window material for its transparency and scratch-resistance.
- sapphireberry noun: The plant Symplocos paniculata or its blue berry.
- sapphired adjective: Decorated with sapphires.
- sapphirelike adjective: Resembling a sapphire; intensely blue.
- sapphirewing noun: A hummingbird of the genus Pterophanes, of which the great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is the only species.
- sapphiric adjective: Resembling or characteristic of sapphires.
- sapphirine adjective, noun: A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.
- sapphirine gurnard noun: Synonym of tubfish.
- sapphirinid noun: Any copepod in the family Sapphirinidae.
- sapphism noun /ˈsæ.fɪ.zəm/: Female homosexuality; lesbianism.
- sapphist noun /ˈsæ.fɪst/: A lesbian.
- sapphistry noun: A seductive style supposed to be associated with women writing for a female audience.
- sapphite noun: A homosexual woman.
- Sappho proper noun /ˈsæ.fəʊ/: A female given name in Ancient Greek, Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ), notably borne by ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos (c. 612 BCE – c. 570 BCE.
- sapphyrin noun: A macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues
- sappie noun /ˈsæpi/: A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging to snag, move and hold small logs; a picaroon specifically in the...
- sappily adverb /ˈsæpɪli/: In a sappy way.
- sappiness noun: The property of being sappy.
- sapping noun, verb: The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
- Sappington proper noun: A surname.
- sapples noun: soap suds
- sappon noun: Alternative form of sapan.
- Sapporo proper noun: The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
- sappy adjective /ˈsæpi/: Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
- sapr- prefix: Alternative form of sapro-.
- sapræmia noun: Alternative form of sapraemia.
- sapraemia noun: blood poisoning caused by the ingestion/absorption of toxins of putrefactive bacteria.
- sapraemic adjective: Relating to, or having, sapraemia.
- sapremia noun: Alternative form of sapraemia.
- sapremic adjective: Alternative form of sapraemic.
- sapric adjective: Decomposed.
- saprine noun: A ptomaine from the putrefying abdominal viscera.
- saprist noun: A histosol that is primarily made up of highly decomposed organic materials, often called muck.
- sapro- prefix: forms terms relating to dead or decaying material
- saprobe noun: An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material
- saprobic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.
- saprobically adverb: In a saprobic manner
- saprobicity noun: Synonym of saprobity.
- saprobiological adjective: Relating to saprobiology.
- saprobiologist noun: One who studies saprobiology.
- saprobiology noun: The biology of decaying organic material
- saprobiont noun: Synonym of saprobe.
- saprobiontic adjective: Alternative form of saprobiotic.
- saprobiosis noun: Obtaining energy from dead or decaying material
- saprobiotic adjective: Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis
- saprobism noun: The condition of being saprobic
- saprobity noun: A measure of the amount of decaying organic material in an environment such as a river.
- saprodontia noun: Tooth decay; caries.
- saprogenic adjective: Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
Part 14 · Part 16 · 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.