9-Letter Words Starting SA & Ending M

• 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.

• a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

• brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea

• an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed

• toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system