Sand

Definition: Sand

Sand

Noun

1. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.

2. French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876).

3. (informal) fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it".

Verb

1. Rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Sand \Sand\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon sand; akin to Dutch zand, German sand, Old High German sant, Icelandic sandr, Danish & Swedish sand, Greek.]. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Dream Interpretation

Geological

Industry

Literature

Metallurgy

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

sand

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sand

Coherence

Noun: nonadhesion; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness; Adjective: laxity; relaxation; loosening; Verb: freedom; disjunction; rope of sand.

Adjective: nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent, detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated; uncombined;

Impossibility

Attempt impossibilities; square the circle, wash a blackamoor white; skin a flint; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, make bricks without straw; have nothing to go upon; weave a rope of sand, build castles in the air, prendre la lune avec les dents, extract sunbeams from cucumbers, set the Thames on fire, milk a he-goat into a sieve, catch a weasel asleep, rompre l'anguille au genou, be in two places at once.

Insulation, Fire extinction

Wet blanket; fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam; sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system; fire bucket, sand bucket.

Inutility

Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late);seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible).

Littleness

Animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon; bacteria; infusoria; microzoa; phytozoaria; microbe; grub; tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble.

Pulverulence

Smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm.

Powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle. (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi.

Resolution

Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.

Smoothness

Roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish.

Truth

Verb: be true; Adjective:, be the case; sand the test; have the true ring; hold good, hold true, hold water.

Weakness

Reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards.

Crosswords: Sand

Afrikaan (sand), Danish (sand, true), German (grit, sand, sands, scouring powder), Norwegian (sand), Swedish (sand).

They call him the Sand Spider (True Lies; writing credit: Didier Kaminka.)

We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Sweet, juicy, soft on your tongue, grainy like a sugary sand that dissolves in your mouth (City of Angels; writing credit: Wim Wenders; Peter Handke)

So is sand, as long as the other part is actual food (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

The sand wedge (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Cause everything peace only sand no streets (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

I saw a woman walking across the sand (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand (Tiny Dancer; performing artist: Elton John)

Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand (FOLLOW YOU DOWN; performing artist: Gin Blossoms)

Life ain't written in the sand (Miracle; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi)

Write injuries in the sand, kindnesses in marble. (references; author: unknown)

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974)

Rivers of Sand (1974)

The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)

Boys in the Sand (1971)

Remember (Walkin' in the Sand (performing artist: The Shangri-Las)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Stone, Sand, and Gravel (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Stone, Sand, and Gravel in Asia (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Construction Sand and Gravel: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Construction Sand and Gravel: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Stone, Sand, and Gravel Export Supplies (reference)

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Books

• Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia (reference)

• Mostly Sand and Gravel: Artifact Adventures on the High Plains (reference)

• Aeolian and Adhesion Morphodynamics and Phytoecology in Recent Coastal and Inland Sand and Snow Flats and Dunes from Mainly North Sea and Baltic Sea (reference)

• Sand Dune Stabilization, Shelterbelts and Afforestation in Dry Zones (Fao Cons Guide 10/F2824) (reference)

• Sand Forests: A Historical Perspective of the Stabilisation and Afforestation of Coastal Sands in New Zealand (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• African Mineral Services : Mineral Sand (reference)

• Sand Sports (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Sand Pebbles (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sand and Water (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Soundstation Premier Sand Drift Limited Edition (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Codie Sand Flatware Set (45-pc.) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Protoscolices of Echinococcus sp. Hydatid sand. Parasite. Credit: CDC.

The western region of Australia's Great Sandy Desert is an area almost devoid of sand, but characterized by complex geology. Credit: NASA.

In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA.

Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Crossing volcanic sand at Mono Lake White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C.V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

View from the northeastern edge of Provincetown. The windmills were used in the the production of salt. The high sand dunes added to the unique appearance of this Cape Cod town. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Point Sur, connected to the mainland by a narrow sand beach. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Contractor drilling holes in sand flat, dropping in fertilizer pellet and then planting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A sand corridor between the spur and groove formation of the reef. The restoration effort focused on keeping coral fragments off the reef floor and out of the sand corridors where they would become abraded and scoured. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. A keyhole urchin - a close relative of the sand dollar. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There was wind enough to raise here and there little emeutes of sand.

You have often seen the sand on the seashore

He took a handful of sand from the bottom and scrubbed himself with it.

The rails are laid on them, and they are covered with sand, and the cars run smoothly over them

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Health

Never go barefoot, especially on the beach, hot sand, or rocks. (references)

Since sand flies do not make noise when they fly, people may not realize they are present. (references)

Avoid outdoor activities, especially from dusk to dawn, when sand flies are the most active. (references)

Business

The sand was used to landfill the nearby beaches. (references)

The terrain is mostly sand desert, barren mountains, and salt flats. (references)

This increase is reflected in increased sales of re-bar, paint, sand and gravel. (references)

Economic History

Finland

The majority of Finns traveling abroad favor sun and sand followed by city destinations. (references)

Israel

Natural resources: Copper, phosphate, bromide, potash, clay, sand, sulfur, bitumen, manganese. (references)

Belarus

Belarus also has deposits of clay, sand, chalk, dolomite, phosphorite, and rock and potassium salt. (references)

Trade

Argentina

No packing list is necessary for goods imported in bulk, such as coal, petroleum, sand, etc., or for articles identical in kind, characteristics, composition, weight, etc. (references)

Korea

Out of 782 items, 778 items are related to quota and bilateral agreements on textiles and vehicles and the remaining four are voluntary restraints aimed at protecting natural resources like sand. (references)

Thailand

Products subject to export controls are wildlife, beans, charcoal, coal, coffee, rice, corn, sand , gold, fuel, decorative sea fish and certain species of marine life, fertilizers, Buddha images, teak wood, fresh longans, garments, orchids, donkeys and horses. (references)

Travel

Chad

There is a 9-hole golf course with sand fairways and greens. (references)

Egypt

After heavy rains, which can cause flooding in desert areas, and the consequent shifting of land mines, travelers should avoid driving through build-ups of sand on roadways. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

A farm worker in Al-Ain died after being buried alive in sand while digging a well. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A sand ford

A sand ford

Expressions using "sand": aeolian sand ♦ aerate the sand ♦ alluvial sand ♦ asphaltic sand ♦ banded sand snake ♦ bar of sand ♦ beach sand verbena ♦ black sand ♦ blown sand ♦ Brain sand ♦ brass sand ♦ break up the sand ♦ build on sand ♦ built on sand ♦ bury one's head in the sand ♦ casting sand ♦ cover in sand ♦ cut sand ♦ desert sand verbena ♦ drifting sand ♦ Ear sand ♦ eolian sand ♦ facing sand ♦ fine sand ♦ Founder's sand ♦ foundry sand ♦ fritted sand ♦ gas sand ♦ George Sand ♦ get covered with sand ♦ get stuck in the sand ♦ grain of sand ♦ Green sand ♦ Iron sand ♦ Molding sand ♦ moulding sand ♦ new sand ♦ oil sand ♦ parting sand ♦ pink sand verbena ♦ plough the sand ♦ producing sand ♦ reconditioned sand ♦ rope of sand ♦ sand asphalt ♦ sand asphalt mixture ♦ sand badger ♦ sand bag ♦ sand ball ♦ sand bar ♦ sand bath ♦ sand bed ♦ sand birds ♦ sand blackberry ♦ sand blast ♦ sand blasting ♦ sand boils ♦ sand bottom ♦ sand box ♦ sand bucket ♦ sand bug ♦ sand canal ♦ sand cast ♦ sand casting ♦ sand castle ♦ sand cat ♦ sand cherry ♦ Sand City ♦ sand cloth ♦ sand cock ♦ sand collar ♦ Sand Coulee ♦ sand crab ♦ sand crack ♦ Sand Creek ♦ sand cricket ♦ sand cusk ♦ sand cutter ♦ sand dab ♦ sand darter ♦ sand desert ♦ sand devil ♦ sand devil's claw ♦ sand distributor ♦ sand dollar ♦ sand down ♦ sand drift ♦ sand dropseed ♦ sand dune ♦ sand eel ♦ sand flag ♦ sand flea ♦ sand flood ♦ sand fluke ♦ sand fly ♦ Sand Fork ♦ sand gall ♦ sand grass ♦ sand grouse ♦ sand haze ♦ sand hill. Additional references.

Beginning with "sand": sand-bag, sand-bagged, sand-bagging, sand-bags, sand-bank, sand-banks, sand-barrier, sand-bars, sand-bath, sand-baths, sand-bed, sand-blast, sand-blasted, sand-blasting, sand-blind, sand-blocking, sand-blowing, sand-bottomed, sand-box, Sand-box tree, sand-brick, sand-building, sand-carrying, sand-cast, sand-castle, sand-castles, sand-channels, sand-chose, sand-clocks, sand-colored, sand-coloured, sand-covered, sand-crack, sand-damaged, sand-deaths, sand-digging, sand-dollar, sand-dominated, sand-dry, sand-dune, sand-dunes, sand-eel, sand-eels, sand-elephant, sand-environed, sand-faced, sand-filled, sand-fixation, sand-flats, sand-flea, sand-flecked, sand-flies, sand-free, sand-frosted, sand-glass, sand-grain, sand-green, sand-grouse, sand-hill, Sand-hill crane, sand-hills, sand-house, sand-iron, sand-jointed, sand-ladders, sand-le-mere, Sand-lot, sand-lot constitution, sand-man, sand-martin, sand-martins, sand-over-rock, sand-paper, sand-papered, sand-pies, sand-pile, sand-pit, sand-pool, sand-rich, sand-scoured, sand-sea, sand-shoe, sand-silt, sand-sized, sand-spit, sand-storm, sand-storming, sand-strewn, sand-textured, sand-trap, sand-viper, sand-washed, sand-wedge.

Ending with "sand": all-sand, beach-sand, bitumen-sand, cat-sand, deep-sand, dune-sand, ex-sand, fine-sand, flaubert-sand, grey-sand, head-in-the-sand, oil-sand, ostrich-head-in-sand, re-sand, rough-sand, sharp-sand, shell-sand, sugar-sand, Sun-and-sand, top-sand, white-sand.

Containing "sand": Sea-sand reed.

Afrikaans

sand. (various references)

Albanian

shtroj me rërë, ranishtë (sandpit), rërëzë (grain of sand), rërë (grit), plazh (beach, Plage, sands), kruajpastroj me rërë, kohë (date, day, distance, hour, period, season, term, time, weather, when, while), gropos në rërë, bojë rëre, bojë hiri (ashen, cinereous, earthlight, earthshine, Gray, grey). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظف أو صقل بالرمل, ‏حك (abrade, abrasion, friction, itch, paw, polish, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scraping, scrubbing), ‏غطى بالرمل, ‏عزم (design, determination, dourness, grit, hardihood, intention, mean business, pluck, project, purpose, resoluteness, resource, steadiness), ‏صقل بورق الزجاج, ‏صحراء (desert, wilderness), ‏خشن (boorish, bristly, coarse, crude, gross, gruff, ill mannered, impolite, indelicate, jagged, mannerless, plebeian, rasping, raucous, rough, roughen, rowdy, rude, rugged, rustic, scabrous, scratchy, stiff, surly, tough, toughen, uncivil, uncouth, vulgar), ‏اللون الرملي, ‏رمل الساعة الرملية, ‏رمل (grit, grittiness), ‏شجاعة (assurance, brace, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour). (various references)

Basque

hondar. (various references)

Blackfoot

spátsiko. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смесвам с пясък, смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, spirit, valor, valour), чистя с пясък, твърдост (constancy, crispness, endurance, firmness, fixedness, forcefulness, fortitude, granite, hardness, resolution, resolve, rigidity, stability, stoicism, substance, tenacity), шкуркам (sand down, sandpaper), заравям в пясък, жълтеникавочервен цвят, пясъчна плитчина (sandbank), пясъчен нанос (sandbar), пясъчен (gravelly, gritty), пясък (grit, sandpit, wash), поръсвам с пясък, песъчинка (grain of sand), издръжливост (bottom, endurance, guts, mettle, patience, reliability, resistance, sinews, stay, staying power, strength, tenacity, tensility, toughness, vitality, wear). (various references)

Catalan

sorra. (various references)

Chamorro

unai. (various references)

Chinese 

沙子 (grit). (various references)

Cornish

tewas. (various references)

Czech

písek (grit). (various references)

Danish

sand (true). (various references)

Dutch

zand. (various references)

Esperanto

sablo, sabla (of sand, sand-). (various references)

Faeroese

sandur (beach). (various references)

Farsi 

ماسه (Gravel), سنباده زدن (Emery), ریگ (Gravel, Grit, Pebble), شن پاشیدن (Gravel), شن مال یاریگمال کردن , شن کرانه دریا, شن (Gravel, Grit). (various references)

Finnish

hiekka (gravel). (various references)

French

sable. (various references)

Frisian

sân (seven). (various references)

German

Sand (grit, sands, scouring powder), schleifen (cut, drag, drill, edge, face, frogmarch, grind, haul, hone, polish, raze, sharpen, slip, slur, sweat, trail, whet). (various references)

Greek 

άμμος (grit). (various references)

Hebrew 

חול (grit). (various references)

Hungarian

homok (quicksand). (various references)

Indonesian

pasir (grit), mengamril (file). (various references)

Italian

sabbia (grit), levigare (flatten, polish, rub down, smooth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

真砂 , 砂土 , 砂子 (gold or silver dust), 砂 (grit), サンケア指数 (belt, carefree, Saint-Simonism, San Diego, sandal, sandwich, sandwich man, Sankei Sports, Sanskrit, sans-souci, Santa Clara, Santa Claus, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, soundtrack, sun deck, sun protection index, sundae, sunset, sunshade, sunshine, suntan, suntan oil, Suntory, Suntory Hall, syndicalism, syndicalist, thunder, thunderbird), サフラン擬 (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すなご (gold or silver dust), すな (grit), まさご, さど, サブレ , サンド . (various references)

Korean 

모래 (grit, grits, Sandier, Sandiest, sands, sandy). (various references)

Lombard

sabbia. (various references)

Malay

pasir. (various references)

Manx

scooirey lesh geinnagh (sand-blast), geinnee (of sand, sandy), geinnagh, cur geinnagh er, cur geinnagh ayn. (various references)

Maori

onepuu. (various references)

Norwegian

sand. (various references)

Occitan

sabla, arena. (various references)

Papago

o'od. (various references)

Papiamen

santu (holy, sacred), santo (holy, sacred). (various references)

Pig Latin

andsay.(various references)

Portuguese

areia (arena, grit). (various references)

Romanian

nisip (gravel). (various references)

Romansch

sablun. (various references)

Romany

chishùy. (various references)

Russian 

песок (grit). (various references)

Scottish

gainmheach, gaineamh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

posuti peskom, pesak, peščan (sabulous, sandy), išmirglati. (various references)

Shona

jecha. (various references)

Sicilian

rina. (various references)

Spanish

arena (arena, casting sand, grit), lijar (sandpaper). (various references)

Sranan

santi. (various references)

Swazi

ín-hlabâtsi. (various references)

Swedish

sand. (various references)

Tagalog

buhángin. (various references)

Thai

ทราย, ถมด้วยทราย, หาดทราย, ขัดด้วยกระดาษทราย. (various references)

Turkish

kum (gravel). (various references)

Turkmen 

gum (desert), здge. (various references)

Ukrainian

шліфувати піском, гравій (ballast, gravel, grit, wash), заносити піском, пісок (grit), піщаний пляж, посипати піском (grit). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sức chịu đựng (stamina, staying power), lòng can đảm màu cát vô số, hằng hà sa số sắp đến lúc tận số. (various references)

Welsh

tywod. (various references)

sahar. (various references)

harena, harenae, harenam, pulvere, pulverem, pulveri, pulveris, pulvis. (various references)

sandceosol. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "sand": sandal, sandaled, sandaling, sandalled, sandalling, sandals, sandalwood, sandalwoods, sandarac, sandaracs, sandbag, sandbagged, sandbagger, sandbaggers, sandbagging, sandbags, sandbank, sandbanks, sandbar, sandbars, sandblast, sandblasted, sandblaster, sandblasters, sandblasting, sandblasts, sandbox, sandboxes, sandbur, sandburr, sandburrs, sandburs, sanddab, sanddabs, sanded, sander, sanderling, sanderlings, sanders, sandfish, sandfishes, sandflies, sandfly, sandglass, sandglasses, sandgrouse, sandgrouses, sandhi, sandhis, sandhog, sandhogs. (additional references)

Words ending with "sand": ampersand, analysand, desand, greensand, quicksand, thousand, weasand, wessand. (additional references)

Words containing "sand": ampersands, analysands, desanded, desanding, desands, glissandi, glissando, glissandos, goosander, goosanders, greensands, misandries, misandry, pachysandra, pachysandras, quicksands, thousandfold, thousands, thousandth, thousandths, weasands, wessands. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asnd, Asnt, esan, Nasd, Osband, Osmand, saad, Saa'da, sadd, sadu, sald, sana, Sanada, sanc, Sanda, sande, Sandmo, Sando, sandp, saned, Sanh, sani, sann, sannu, sano, sant, sany, sanz, saud, Sawd, sayd, sband, scand, Seanad, senda, sendt, shand, sinad, sind, sinid, skand, sland, snaed, snah, snaid, snaz, sqan, srand, ssn, sund, swand, synd, zand. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ands.

-1 letter: ads, and, sad.

-2 letters: ad, an, as, na.

+1 letter: bands, damns, dangs, darns, dawns, deans, donas, hands, lands, nadas, nards, rands, sands, sandy, saned, sedan, stand, wands.

+2 letters: adonis, adorns, alands, amends, anodes, ascend, brands, canids, damans, damson, dances, danios, danish, daunts, davens, dedans, denars, desand, desman, dewans, dinars, divans, diwans, dongas, donnas, drains, dunams, dynast, elands, glands, gonads, grands, hondas, island, kneads, ladens, maunds, menads, monads, nadirs, naiads, naleds, nicads, nomads, pandas, radons, ranids, redans, sadden, sained, sandal, sanded, sander, sandhi, sedans, sendal, shandy, snaked, snared, snawed, soland, soldan, soudan, stands, staned, strand, suldan, sundae, unsaid, vandas, viands.