sandy

sandy
    adj 1: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen
           locks" [syn: {flaxen}, {sandy}]
    2: resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in
       sandy areas; "arenaceous limestone"; "arenaceous grasses"
       [syn: {arenaceous}, {sandy}, {sandlike}] [ant:
       {argillaceous}, {clayey}]
    

Sandy \Sand"y\, a. [Compar. {Sandier}; superl. {Sandiest}.] [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as,
      sandy hair.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Sandy, OR (city, FIPS 65250)
  Location: 45.39965 N, 122.26666 W
  Population (1990): 4152 (1536 housing units)
  Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 97055
Sandy, PA (CDP, FIPS 67784)
  Location: 41.10722 N, 78.77380 W
  Population (1990): 1795 (733 housing units)
  Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Sandy, TX
  Zip code(s): 78665
Sandy, UT (city, FIPS 67550)
  Location: 40.56968 N, 111.85434 W
  Population (1990): 75058 (20110 housing units)
  Area: 51.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 84070, 84093, 84094
    

Sandy, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
   Population (2000):    5385
   Housing Units (2000): 2080
   Land area (2000):     2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.633439 sq. miles (6.820575 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            65250
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             45.397499 N, 122.266319 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     97055
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sandy, OR
    Sandy
    

Sandy, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    1687
   Housing Units (2000): 687
   Land area (2000):     1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.401768 sq. miles (3.630563 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            67784
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             41.108633 N, 78.772614 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sandy, PA
    Sandy
    

Sandy, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
   Population (2000):    88418
   Housing Units (2000): 26579
   Land area (2000):     22.325028 sq. miles (57.821555 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.021161 sq. miles (0.054806 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    22.346189 sq. miles (57.876361 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            67440
   Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
   Location:             40.572415 N, 111.859610 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     84070 84093 84094
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Sandy, UT
    Sandy
    

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "sandy":
      Saharan, anhydrous, arenaceous, arenarious, arid, athirst, aureate,
      auric, beige, bone-dry, breccial, brecciated, buff, buff-yellow,
      canary, canary-yellow, citron, citron-yellow, craggy, cream,
      creamy, crystal, crystalline, desert, droughty, dry, dry as dust,
      dusty, ecru, fallow, flaxen, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored,
      golden, grainy, granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty,
      high and dry, juiceless, lapideous, lemon, lemon-yellow,
      like parchment, lithoid, lithoidal, luteolous, lutescent,
      monolithic, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous,
      ochry, or, pebbled, pebbly, porphyritic, primrose,
      primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn,
      rock-studded, rocklike, rocky, sabulous, saffron, saffron-colored,
      saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sapless, shingled, shingly,
      stonelike, stony, straw, straw-colored, thirsting, thirsty,
      trachytic, undamped, unwatered, waterless, xanthic, xanthous,
      yellow, yellowish