arenaceous, sandy, sandlike
(adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas; “arenaceous limestone”; “arenaceous grasses”
flaxen, sandy
(adjective) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; “flaxen locks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sandy
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra.
A small town in Bedfordshire, England.
Sandy (plural Sandies)
(slang) A Scotsman.
(Geordie, pejorative) A Sand Dancer.
(aviation) The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)
Covered with sand.
Sprinkled with sand.
Containing sand.
Like sand, especially in texture.
Having the colour of sand.
Source: Wiktionary
Sand"y, a. [Compar. Sandier; superl. Sandiest.] Etym: [AS. sandig.]
1. Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.
2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
