8-Letter Words Starting SA & Ending A

• blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter

• a farewell remark

• In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)

• The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.

• The complex sacrum of any bird.

• An Afro-Cuban religion, somewhat similar to voodoo, based upon Yoruba deities and Roman Catholic saints.

• tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia

• tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America