| Word | Definition |
| sabaton | foot-covering as part of suit of armour |
| sabbatarian | one who keeps the sabbath strictly |
| sabbulonarium | gravel pit |
| sabelline | sable fur |
| sabin | unit of acoustic absorption of one square foot of a perfect absorber |
| sable | black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry |
| sabliere | sand pit |
| sabot | wooden shoe; clog |
| sabot | attachment to guide projectile through bore of firearm |
| sabretache | satchel suspended from cavalry officer's belt |
| sabulous | sandy; gritty; growing in sandy places |
| saburration | application of hot sand as medical treatment |
| saccade | sharp lateral movement of the eye as it changes fixation |
| saccadic | jerky; twitching |
| sacchariferous | bearing sugar |
| saccharimeter | instrument for measuring amount of sugar in a solution |
| sacciferous | bearing a sac or sacs |
| sacciform | shaped like a sac |
| saccular | sac-like |
| sacculiform | shaped like a small sac |
| sacerdotal | priestly; pertaining to priestly interests |
| sacerdotalism | belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind |
| sachet | small plastic envelope holding liquid or cream |
| sack | dry white wine or sherry from Spain |
| sackbut | early wind instrument resembling the trombone |
| sacralgia | pain in the sacrum |
| sacralized | prepared to be used in sacred ceremonies |
| sacramentarianism | belief that sacraments have unusual properties |
| sacrarium | place where sacred objects are kept |
| sacring | hallowing; consecration |
| sacristan | church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy |
| sacristy | room in church where sacred objects are kept |
| sadogue | fat; easy-going person |
| saeculum | astronomical or geological age |
| saffron | orange-yellow |
| sagathy | light blend of silk and cotton or wool |
| sagene | fishing-net; network |
| sageship | state or quality of being a sage |
| saggar | clay box in which pottery is packed for baking |
| saginate | to fatten animals |
| sagittal | shaped like an arrow |
| sagittary | centaur; archer |
| sagittiform | shaped like an arrowhead |
| sal | a salt |
| salacious | indecently erotic; lecherous |
| salamandroid | like a salamander; able to withstand fire |
| salariat | salary-earning class collectively |
| saliferous | salt-bearing |
| salify | to impregnate with salt |
| saliniform | like salt |
| salinometer | instrument for measuring amount of salt in a solution |
| salmagundi | stew of many mixed ingredients; a medley or miscellany |
| salpiform | shaped like a barrel |
| salpinx | Fallopian tube |
| salsa | fast Latin American jazz-influenced dance |
| salse | mud volcano |
| salsipotent | ruling the salt seas |
| salsitude | saltiness; brackishness |
| salsuginous | salty; brackish; growing in salty soil |
| saltant | leaping; dancing |
| saltarello | lively Italian dance |
| saltation | jumping or leaping; abrupt variation |
| saltationism | punctuation in evolution |
| saltativeness | ability to jump |
| saltern | salt-works |
| saltigrade | progressing by leaps |
| saltire | X-shaped cross |
| saltus | breach of continuity; jump to a conclusion |
| salubrious | favourable to or promoting well-being |
| salutary | producing good effects; beneficial |
| salutiferous | conducive to health or well-being |
| salvific | having the purpose or intention of saving |
| samara | propeller-like winged fruit |
| samarra | flame-decorated cassock worn by those condemned by the Inquisition |
| samel | underburnt |
| samite | rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver |
| sanable | able to be healed |
| sanative | healing |
| sanatory | producing health |
| sanbenito | yellow or black sackcloth garment worn by heretics prior to execution |
| sanctanimity | holiness of mind |
| sangfroid | coolness; composure |
| sanguiferous | bearing blood |
| sanguine | optimistic; having a bright complexion |
| sanguineous | bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red |
| sanguinolent | containing blood; bloodthirsty |
| sanguisugent | blood-sucking |
| sanguivorous | blood-drinking |
| sanies | watery foul discharge from wounds or sores |
| sansculotte | strong republican; democrat or violent revolutionary |
| sapid | having a perceptible or decided taste; savoury; agreeable |
| sapience | discernment; judgement |
| sapiential | providing wisdom |
| saponaceous | soapy; soaplike |
| saponifiable | able to be converted into soap |
| saponify | to convert into soap |
| sapor | property of substance of taste; flavour |
| saporine | of, like or pertaining to the sense of taste |
| Sapphism | homosexuality in women |
| saprobic | characterized by decaying organic matter |
| saprodontia | tooth decay |
| saprogenous | growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction |
| saprophagous | feeding on decaying material |
| saprophyte | plant living on dead or decaying matter |
| saprostomous | having foul breath |
| sapsago | hard green Swiss cheese |
| sapwood | soft tissue beneath bark of tree |
| sarabande | stately Spanish Baroque court dance |
| sarangousty | waterproof stucco |
| sarcoid | flesh-like |
| sarcoline | flesh-coloured |
| sarcology | study of fleshy parts of the body |
| sarcophagous | feeding on flesh; carnivorous |
| sarcophilous | fond of flesh |
| sarcotic | promoting growth of flesh |
| sarcous | of flesh or muscle |
| sard | deep orange chalcedony |
| sarment | long weak twig |
| sarmentum | vine, long twig or runner |
| sarrusophone | double-reeded musical instrument resembling the bassoon |
| sarsenet | fine and soft silk; soft or gentle |
| sartorial | of, like or pertaining to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| sastruga | long parallel ridges of snow that form on windy plains |
| satanology | study of devil |
| satanophany | an appearance of the devil |
| satanophobia | fear of the devil |
| satara | ribbed lustred wool |
| sateen | glossy cotton or wool |
| satinet | thin silk satin or imitation thereof |
| satisdation | provision of security |
| satisfice | to aim for or achieve that which will suffice |
| sative | cultivated |
| saturnalian | riotously merry |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition; sardonic |
| saturnism | lead poisoning |
| satyrism | uncontrolled licentiousness |
| satyromania | abnormally great male sexual desire; satyriasis |
| saurophagous | eating lizards |
| sauterelle | mason's tool for making angles |
| sautoir | long necklace or pendant |
| saw | saying or proverb |
| sawder | to flatter |
| saxatile | rock-dwelling |
| saxicavous | rock-boring |
| saxicolous | living in or among rocks |
| saxifragous | breaking stone |
| saxigenous | growing in rocks |
| saxony | fine soft woollen fabric |
| say | delicate woollen fabric |
| scaberulous | somewhat scabrous or rough |
| scabious | of, like or pertaining to scabies or scabs |
| scabrous | having scaly or rough surface; risqué or obscene |
| scacchic | of, like or pertaining to chess |
| scaffmaster | steward |
| scagliola | stone-like plasterwork for interior decoration |
| scalariform | shaped like a ladder |
| scalary | formed with steps or rungs |
| scallion | onion with a slim bulb; leek |
| scallom | rod with thin or spliced end used to form base or frame of baskets |
| scalpeliform | shaped like a scalpel |
| scalpriform | shaped like a chisel |
| scalpture | art of engraving on metal or stone |
| scamander | to take a winding course; to meander |
| scambling | haphazard meal |
| scammony | plant root used as strong purgative |
| scandent | climbing |
| scanderoon | homing pigeon |
| scansorial | climbing; adapted for climbing |
| scantling | dimensions of a cross-section of timber; a small amount |
| scapegrace | scoundrel; incorrigible man or boy |
| scaphion | kind of sundial |
| scaphism | execution by deserting honey-covered person in the sun |
| scaphoid | boat-shaped |
| scapiform | shaped like a stalk |
| scapigerous | having a scape |
| scapple | to work smoothly, without smoothing to a finish |
| scapular | badge of monastic order worn on the shoulders |
| scapulomancy | divination by examining burnt shoulder blade |
| scarabaean | of, like or pertaining to scarabs |
| scaramouch | ruffian; scoundrel |
| scarfskin | surface skin |
| scarify | to scratch or scar |
| scarious | thin and tough |
| scarlatina | scarlet fever |
| scarlet | fine cloth |
| scarp | to make steep |
| scarpetti | climbing shoes with hemp soles |
| scarpines | instrument of torture for the feet |
| scatch | a stilt |
| scatebrous | flowing or bubbling out; abounding with springs |
| scatology | study of excrement or obscene literature |
| scatomancy | divination by studying excrement |
| scatophagous | dung-eating |
| scatoscopy | divination by studying excrement; scatomancy |
| scattery | dispersed; sparse |
| scaturient | flowing out; gushing |
| scaturiginous | abounding with springs |
| scauper | semicircular gouging chisel |
| scavage | refuse scavenged from the roads |
| scavager | officer in charge of keeping streets clean |
| scazon | limping verse |
| scelerat | villain |
| scelestic | wicked; villainous |
| scelotyrbe | disease causing hesitation in walking |
| scenography | representation of an object in perspective |
| scepsis | philosophic doubt |
| schadenfreude | malicious pleasure in others' misfortunes |
| schediasm | impromptu action; an extemporized work |
| schematomancy | divination using the human form |
| schematonics | art of using gesture to express tones |
| schesis | deriding opponent's argument by referring to his way of thought |
| schetic | of a disease, not deeply rooted in the body |
| schiller | bronze lustre |
| schistous | formed of schist |
| schizogenesis | reproduction by division |
| schizotrichia | splitting of hair |
| schiztic | of, like or pertaining to or marked by splitting |
| schoenabatic | of, like or pertaining to rope walking |
| schola | church choir led by a cantor |
| scholarch | head of a school |
| scholasticate | preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order |
| scholiast | commentator; writer of marginal notes |
| scholion | annotation to an argument written in margin |
| schorl | tourmaline |
| schottische | old polka-like round dance |
| schryari | old and very loud double-reed wind instrument |
| schwärmerei | sentimental enthusiasm; wild devotion |
| schwerpunkt | point where main effort of a military attack is directed |
| sciagraphy | art of shading |
| scialytic | dispelling shadows |
| sciaphobia | fear of shadows |
| sciapodous | having large feet |
| sciatheric | of, like or pertaining to measurement of time by shadows |
| sciatic | of, like or pertaining to the hip |
| scible | that which is knowable |
| scientaster | petty scientist |
| scientism | belief that the methods of science are universally applicable |
| scilicet | to wit; namely |
| scincoid | of or resembling a skink |
| scintilla | hint; trace; spark |
| scintillant | sparkling |
| scintillescent | twinkling |
| scintillometer | instrument measuring scintillation of star |
| scintilloscope | instrument for measuring gamma rays emitted by a radioactive body |
| sciolism | superficial pretensions to knowledge |
| sciomancy | divination using ghosts |
| sciophilous | thriving in or loving shady conditions |
| scioptic | of, like or pertaining to formation of images in darkrooms |
| sciosophy | system of knowledge without basis in science |
| scissel | metal clippings; scrap metal |
| scissile | able to be cut; readily splitting |
| scission | cutting; division; splitting |
| scissure | a cleft; a splitting; fissure; rupture |
| sciurine | of, like or pertaining to squirrels |
| sciuroid | of, like or pertaining to squirrels or chipmunks |
| sciuroid | shaped like a squirrel's tail |
| sclerodermous | hard-skinned |
| scleroid | hard; hardened |
| sclerometer | instrument measuring hardness |
| scobiform | like sawdust |
| scoliograptic | marked by oblique lines |
| scoliometer | instrument measuring curvature |
| scolopacine | of, like or pertaining to snipes |
| sconce | small protective fortification or earthwork |
| scop | Anglo-Saxon poet and harpist |
| scopate | brush-like |
| scopic | visual |
| scopophilia | obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things |
| scopophobia | fear of being looked at |
| scoptophobia | fear of being looked at |
| scopula | little tuft of hairs |
| scopulate | brush-like |
| scorbutic | of or suffering from scurvy |
| scoria | dross or slag from metal-smelting; slag-like mass of lava |
| scorify | to reduce to slag |
| scorpioid | scorpion-like; curved at the end |
| scortation | fornication |
| scotograph | instrument for writing without seeing |
| scotoma | dizziness with headache and impairment of vision |
| Scotophilia | admiration for Scotland or the Scots |
| scotophobia | fear of the dark |
| scotopia | vision in dim light or darkness |
| scotoscope | instrument for detecting objects in darkness |
| scranch | to crunch |
| scrannel | thin; meagre; squeaking |
| scree | sloping mass of loose rock at base of a cliff |
| screed | lengthy discourse; informal piece of writing |
| scribable | capable of being written upon |
| scribacious | given to writing |
| scribbleomania | obsession with scribbling |
| scride | to crawl on all fours |
| scrim | durable plain-woven cotton fabric |
| scrimshank | to evade work or duty |
| scrimure | fencer |
| scriniary | keeper of archives; archivist |
| scripophily | collection of bond and share certificates |
| scriptorium | writing room; room used by monastic scribes |
| scriptory | by, in or pertaining to writing |
| scripturient | having a violent desire to write |
| scrivello | elephant's tusk |
| scrobiculate | pitted |
| scrobiculus | small depression or pit |
| scrotiform | shaped like a pouch |
| scrow | a scroll; writings |
| scrumpy | strong apple cider as made in western England |
| scruple | unit of weight used by apothecaries equal to 1/24 of an ounce |
| scrutator | close examiner |
| scruto | stage trap door |
| scud | to sail swiftly before a gale |
| scullion | mean; contemptible person |
| scumble | softening a painting using a dry brush |
| scuncheon | inner part of a door jamb or window frame |
| scupper | hole allowing water to drain from ship's deck |
| scurriour | scout |
| scutage | tax on a knight's fee |
| scutal | of, like or pertaining to shields |
| scutch | to beat out impurities from flax or wool |
| scutellate | shaped like a platter |
| scutellation | arrangement of scales or plates on an animal's body |
| scutiform | shaped like a shield |
| scutiger | squire |
| scutigerous | bearing a shield or scales |
| scuttlebutt | cask of drinking water aboard a ship; rumour, idle gossip |
| scuttlebutt | cask with hole in it used for holding drinking water on a ship |
| scuttles | portholes on a ship |
| scyphiform | shaped like a cup |
| scytodepsic | of, like or pertaining to tanning leather |
| seacock | bold sea rover |
| seahog | porpoise |
| sealine | the sea horizon |
| sebaceous | of or like tallow |
| sebastomania | religious insanity |
| sebiferous | bearing fatty matter |
| secateurs | pruning-shears |
| secco | painting on dry plaster |
| secern | to discriminate or distinguish; to secrete |
| secodont | having cutting teeth |
| secque | lightweight clog |
| secreta | products of secretion |
| secretagogue | substance inducing or stimulating secretion |
| secretaire | writing desk |
| secretum | private seal |
| sectile | capable of being cut easily with a knife |
| secund | on one side only |
| secundine | afterbirth |
| secundogeniture | custom where second-oldest child inherits property |
| secundum | according to |
| securiform | shaped like an axe |
| securigerous | bearing an axe |
| secus | otherwise |
| sedent | seated |
| sederunt | sitting of a court; gathering; long discussion |
| sedigitated | six-fingered |
| sedilia | stone seats for clergy in wall of chancel |
| sedimentology | study of sediment |
| sedulous | assiduous; diligent |
| seel | to sew up the eyelids of; to blindfold |
| seersucker | light puckered cotton or linen fabric |
| seg | stud or metal plate in sole of a shoe to prevent wear |
| segnity | sluggishness; slothfulness |
| segregant | having a genotype derived from segregation |
| seguidilla | Spanish folk dance |
| seicento | style of art in Italy in the seventeenth century |
| seiche | periodic side-to-side fluctuation of body of water |
| seine | large vertical fishing net |
| seisin | freehold possession of land in a feudal system |
| seismicity | degree of vulnerability to earthquakes |
| seismograph | instrument for recording earthquakes |
| seismology | study of earthquakes |
| seismometer | instrument for measuring earthquake intensity |
| seismoscope | instrument for detecting earthquakes |
| seismotherapy | medical therapy using vibrations |
| seismotic | causing earthquakes |
| seity | self; selfhood; personal identity |
| sejant | sitting (especially of a heraldic animal) |
| sejugate | to separate |
| sejunction | separation; disjunction |
| sejungible | able to be disjoined |
| selachian | of, like or pertaining to sharks or rays |
| selcouth | strange; unfamiliar; marvellous |
| selenic | of, like or pertaining to the moon |
| selenocentric | relating to the moon as a centre; as seen from the centre of the moon |
| selenodesy | study of the shape and features of the moon |
| selenography | description of the moon's surface |
| selenolatry | worship of the moon |
| selenology | study of the moon |
| selenomancy | divination by studying the moon |
| selenoscope | instrument for viewing the moon |
| self-determinism | doctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself |
| sellate | having a saddle |
| selliform | shaped like a saddle |
| selvage | differently finished edging of cloth |
| semanteme | word expressing an idea, such as a noun |
| semantics | study of meaning |
| semantology | science of meanings of words |
| semasiology | study of meaning; semantics |
| sematic | serving for recognition, attraction or warning |
| sematography | writing in signs rather than letters |
| semelincident | occurring only once in the same individual |
| semelparous | reproducing only once in its lifetime |
| semese | half-eaten |
| semestral | half-yearly |
| semic | of, like or pertaining to a sign or signs |
| semilunate | shaped like a half-moon |
| seminative | producing growth |
| seminiferous | seed-bearing |
| seminivorous | seed-eating |
| seminule | small seed or spore |
| semiography | description of signs or symptoms |
| semiology | study of signs and signals |
| semiotics | study of signs and symbols |
| semioviparous | bringing forth young in incomplete developmental state |
| semiquote | single quotation mark ( ` or ' ) |
| semitaur | mythical half-man; half-bull |
| semiterete | half-cylindrical |
| semolina | hard grains of wheat that resist grinding |
| semon | sub-element of a grammatical unit of meaning |
| semovedly | separately |
| sempect | extremely elderly Benedictine monk |
| semper | always |
| sempervirent | evergreen; always fresh |
| sempiternal | of never-ending duration; eternal |
| sempiternum | durable wool |
| sempster | one who sews |
| senary | involving or based on six; having a numerical base of six |
| sendal | thin silk or linen |
| senectitude | old age |
| senectuous | very old |
| senescent | growing old |
| senicide | killing of old men |
| sennet | musical fanfare |
| sennit | plaited straw or rope |
| senocular | having six eyes |
| sensationalism | belief that ideas originate solely in sensation |
| sensibilia | whatever may be perceived by the senses |
| sensifacient | producing or converting into sensation |
| sensiferous | conveying sensation |
| sensile | sentient; capable of affecting the senses |
| sensitometer | instrument for measuring sensitivity of photographic material |
| sententia | opinion; aphorism |
| sententious | full of meaning; aphoristic; tending to moralize |
| sepal | division of the calyx of a flower |
| separatrix | solidus; separating line |
| sepelible | that may be buried |
| sepelition | burial |
| sephiroth | ten essences of God emanated into the physical world |
| sepia | fine brown |
| sepian | inky |
| sepicolous | dwelling in hedges |
| sepiment | hedge; fence; barrier |
| sepometer | instrument for measuring septic matter in the air |
| seposit | to set aside; to give up |
| sept | division of a tribe; clan |
| septarchy | government by seven rulers; heptarchy |
| septate | partitioned; having a septum |
| septemfid | split into seven |
| septemfluous | in seven streams |
| septenary | in seven portions; grouped in seven; of base seven |
| septentrional | northern; of, like or pertaining to the north |
| septiferous | having barriers |
| septiform | shaped like a partition |
| septimal | of, like or pertaining to or based on the number seven |
| septimanal | weekly |
| septum | division; partition; barrier |
| sepulchral | funereal; gloomy; dismal |
| sepulchre | receptacle in an altar for holding religious relics |
| sepultre | interment |
| sequacious | ready to follow a leader or authority; compliant |
| sequela | after-effect of any trauma; consequence or result |
| sequestrate | to confiscate; to set income aside to meet claims |
| serac | pillar of glacial ice |
| seraglio | harem |
| seral | of, like or pertaining to the development of ecological communities |
| seraphic | serene; blissful; angelic |
| sere | threadbare; withered |
| serein | fine tropical rain falling from cloudless night sky |
| serge | strong twilled worsted |
| seriate | in rows |
| seriatim | in succession; one after another |
| seric | silken |
| sericeous | silky; covered with soft silky hairs |
| sericterium | silk spinning glands |
| sericulture | breeding of silkworms |
| serific | silk-producing |
| serigraphy | silk-screening |
| serimeter | instrument for testing quality of silk |
| seriocomic | partly serious and partly humorous |
| serment | oath |
| sermocination | making of speeches or sermons |
| sermuncle | short sermon |
| serology | study of serums |
| seron | crate or hamper |
| serotinous | flowering late |
| serous | of, like or pertaining to serum; watery |
| serpentcleide | musical instrument like an ophicleide with a wooden body |
| serpenticide | killing or killer of a snake |
| serpentiferous | bearing a snake; abounding in snakes |
| serpentise | to wind; to cause to wind |
| serpentry | serpents collectively |
| serpette | pruning knife |
| serpigo | ringworm |
| serpivolant | mythical flying serpent |
| serratic | like a saw |
| serratiform | saw-shaped; serriform |
| serried | close-set; packed together without gaps |
| serriform | saw-shaped |
| serrurerie | wrought iron work |
| sertule | scientific collection of plants |
| servilism | system of slavery or serfdom |
| servitor | one who serves; clerk or assistant; adherent |
| sesquialter | in a ratio of three to two |
| sesquiduplicate | having a ratio of five to two |
| sesquipedalian | tending to use long or cumbersome words |
| sesquiplicate | of or as the square roots of cubes |
| sesquitertial | having a ratio of four to three |
| sessile | stalkless, sedentary, fixed or stationary |
| seta | bristle or bristle-like organ |
| setaceous | having the form of a bristle; bristly |
| setiferous | bearing bristles |
| setiform | shaped like a bristle |
| setigerous | bearing bristles |
| setline | fishing line suspended between buoys |
| seton | thread passed under skin acting as channel for discharge |
| setose | bristly |
| settee | long seat with a back |
| setulous | covered with small bristles |
| severalty | separateness; separate ownership of property |
| severy | compartment of vaulted ceiling |
| sevum | tallow |
| sexenary | six-fold |
| sexology | study of sexual behaviour |
| sext | prayer service held at noon |
| sexton | church caretaker or bellringer |
| sferics | study of storms using electronic detectors |
| sgraffito | scratching surface of pottery to reveal different colour |
| shabrack | saddle cloth |
| shag | dance where participants hop energetically |
| shagreen | green dyed untanned leather |
| shail | to shamble; to stumble |
| shake | unit of one hundred millionth of a second used to measure nuclear processes |
| shalloon | light twilled wool or worsted |
| shallop | light river boat with sail and oars |
| shallot | onion with garlic-flavoured bulbs |
| shambles | a butcher's shop; a street or district for butchers |
| shambolic | chaotic |
| shambrough | heraldic depiction of a boat or ship |
| shammel | platform of boards for shovelling unrefined ore upon |
| shandry | light cart on springs |
| shantung | plain rough silk or cotton |
| sharkskin | smooth durable wool or worsted fabric |
| shaugh | thicket |
| shawm | double-reeded wind instrument |
| sheading | administrative division on the Isle of Man |
| shearling | one-year-old sheep |
| sheer | fore-and-aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern |
| shenango | a casually employed dock worker |
| shend | to destroy; to ruin; to disgrace; to corrupt |
| shend | to disgrace; to shame; to reproach |
| sheol | hell; place where the dead live a shadowy existence |
| shetland | lightweight loosely twisted wool fabric |
| shide | piece of wood split off from a timber |
| shimmy | jazz dance featuring rapid shaking of the body |
| shindle | wooden roofing tile; shingle |
| shivaree | noisy mock serenade for newlyweds |
| shoddy | woollen fabric made from rags |
| shofar | ram's horn trumpet used in Jewish ceremonies |
| shopocracy | government by shopkeepers |
| shrieval | of, like or pertaining to a sheriff |
| shrive | to hear a confession from and give absolution |
| shroff | to test money to detect impurities |
| shrouds | ropes supporting the mast of a ship |
| shuftiscope | instrument used to explore interior of dysentery case |
| shunamitism | rejuvenation of an old man by a young woman |
| sial | outer part of the earth's surface |
| sialic | of, like or pertaining to saliva |
| sialogogue | anything that stimulates flow of saliva |
| sialoquent | spitting greatly while speaking |
| siamese | to join pipes in a way suggestive of Siamese twins |
| siblicide | killing or killer of a sibling |
| sibylline | prophetic; oracular |
| sic | thus |
| sicarian | murderer; assassin |
| siccaneous | dry; arid |
| siccar | sure; certain; firm |
| siccative | drying; a drying agent |
| siccimeter | instrument for measuring liquid evaporation |
| sicilienne | ribbed silk |
| sidelight | coloured lights on side of a ship under way at night |
| sidelight | lamp or light above or at the side of a door |
| sideral | sent from the stars; omenous or evil |
| siderate | to blast or strike |
| sideration | use of green manure |
| sidereal | of, like or pertaining to the stars |
| siderism | belief that the stars influence human affairs |
| siderization | addition of iron to alloy |
| siderognost | instrument measuring magnetic intensity |
| siderography | art of engraving on steel |
| sideromancy | divination using stars; divination by burning straws |
| sideroscope | instrument using magnets to detect presence of iron |
| siderose | like or containing iron |
| siderurgy | metallurgy of iron and steel |
| sideslip | oblique offshoot |
| siege | seat or throne |
| siemens | unit of electrical conductance equivalent to one ampere per volt |
| siffilate | to whistle |
| siffleur | professional whistler |
| sightworthy | worth looking at |
| sigillary | of, like or pertaining to a seal |
| sigillate | sealed; with seal-like impressions |
| sigillative | tending to form scars |
| sigillography | study of seals |
| sigillum | seal of the confession |
| sigla | abbreviations, symbols and signs |
| sigmate | shaped like an S or a sigma |
| sigmoid | S-shaped |
| sigmoidoscope | instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon |
| signary | system of symbols; alphabet |
| signate | distinct; distinguished |
| significs | science of meaning |
| silage | any green crop stored for use as animal fodder |
| silentiary | any official who calls for silence |
| silenus | tipsy person |
| silesia | thin twilled cotton or linen |
| silicicolous | growing in silicate or sandy soil |
| siliciferous | bearing or containing silica |
| silkaline | soft light cotton fabric resembling silk |
| sillograph | one who writes satires |
| sillometer | instrument measuring speed of ship |
| silva | assemblage of trees in a region |
| silverskin | fine skin of a coffee bean |
| silvicide | substance that kills trees |
| silvicolous | living in woods |
| silvics | study of tree's life |
| silviculture | growing of trees |
| simian | of, like or pertaining to apes |
| similative | indicating similarity to |
| similiter | in a similar manner |
| similize | to liken; to compare |
| simillimum | remedy chosen for symptoms it emulates |
| simity | state of being pug-nosed |
| simnel | sweet fruit cake covered with marzipan and eaten at Easter |
| simoniac | one who practices simony |
| simony | buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices |
| simous | having a flat; upturned nose |
| simplex | figure with minimum number of vertices |
| simpliciter | simply; not relatively; unconditionally |
| simplism | affected simplicity; oversimplification |
| simpliste | simplistic; naïve |
| simular | counterfeit; feigned |
| simultanagnosia | inability to experience perceptions as components of a whole |
| sinal | of, like or pertaining to the sinuses |
| sinapise | to sprinkle; to powder |
| sinciput | the forehead |
| sindon | fine linen |
| sindonology | study of the shroud of Turin |
| sine | without |
| sinecure | ecclesiastical office or other job requiring little work |
| singillatim | singly |
| singspiel | semi-dramatic play in dialogue and song |
| singult | a sob |
| singultous | hiccuping; suffering from hiccups |
| sinister | of or on the left side of a heraldic shield |
| sinistrad | towards the left |
| sinistration | moving to the left |
| sinistromanual | left-handed |
| sinistrorse | rising spirally and turning from right to left |
| Sinology | study of China |
| Sinophile | one who admires China or the Chinese |
| sinopia | preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour |
| sinter | deposit from hot springs; iron dross |
| sinuate | having a wavy edge or margin; winding; sinuous |
| sipe | to percolate or ooze through |
| siphonic | of, like or pertaining to a siphon |
| siphoniform | shaped like a siphon |
| siphonogamous | reproducing by seeds |
| sipidity | savour; flavour |
| sippet | morsel of bread to be eaten with soup |
| sirenize | to bewitch, allure or enchant |
| siriasis | sunstroke |
| sisal | fibre used for making rope |
| siserary | a scolding; a blow |
| siskin | small finch-like songbird |
| sisyphean | laborious, endless and futile |
| sith | since |
| sitiomania | morbid aversion to food |
| sitiophobia | fear of food |
| sitology | dietetics |
| sitophobia | fear of food or eating |
| situative | indicating comparison of two things |
| situla | a holy bucket |
| situs | position; normal position of an organ in the body |
| skald | ancient Scandinavian bard |
| skaw | low cape or headland |
| skean | dagger |
| skeg | part of ship connecting the keel with the bottom of the rudderpost |
| skelder | to beg; to swindle; to cheat |
| skeletogenous | producing a skeleton |
| skelic | of, like or pertaining to the skeleton |
| skellum | villain; rascal; scoundrel |
| skep | straw beehive |
| skerry | small rocky island |
| skeuomorph | retained but no longer functional stylistic feature |
| skewbald | bearing patches of white and some other colour |
| skiagram | shadow picture or photograph |
| skiagraphy | telling time by sundial |
| skiamachy | sham fight; shadow boxing |
| skiascope | instrument for measuring eye's refraction from movement of shadows |
| skintle | to separate and rotate half-dry bricks to permit drying to complete |
| skippet | flat box for protecting documents |
| skive | to pare or split leather |
| skoptsy | self-castration |
| skothending | rhyme in which final consonant is same but preceding vowel differs |
| skysail | sail above the royal sail |
| skyscraper | triangular sail on a ship above the royal |
| slade | little valley or dell |
| slangwhang | to assail with violent or abusive language |
| slantindicular | slanting; oblique |
| slate | dull dark blue-grey |
| slatternly | slovenly |
| slavocracy | government by slave-owners |
| Slavophile | one who admires the Slavs |
| sleathy | slovenly |
| sleech | slimy mud; a mudflat |
| sley | weaver's reed |
| slickenside | smooth; polished rock surface produced by friction |
| slipe | skip or sledge |
| slipway | ramp sloping into water for supporting a ship |
| sloyd | Swedish system of teaching manual skills through woodcarving |
| slug | unit of gravitational mass of approximately 32.174 pounds |
| slugabed | one who spends much time in bed due to laziness |
| slumberous | inviting or causing slumber |
| slummock | to move slowly and awkwardly |
| slurvian | speech characterized by slurring |
| slype | covered passage between walls, or between transept and chapterhouse |
| smallage | wild celery |
| smalt | deep blue |
| smalto | piece of coloured glass used in mosaic |
| smaragdine | emerald green |
| smectic | purifying; cleansing |
| smeddum | fine powder; spirit |
| smegmatic | like soap; cleansing |
| smeuse | hole in a hedge or wall |
| snaffle | jointed bit for horses |
| snallygaster | mythical monster of Maryland |
| snaste | burnt part of a candle wick |
| snath | curved handle or shaft of a scythe |
| sneap | to nip; pinch; put down; repress; snub |
| snell | quick; keen; sharp |
| snell | short line used to attach fish-hook to main fishing line |
| snift | to sniff; to blow out steam |
| snipocracy | leading members of the tailoring profession |
| snobocracy | government by snobs |
| snood | ornamental hair band or hair net |
| snooperscope | instrument for viewing infrared radiation |
| snotty | naval midshipman |
| snye | natural channel bypassing rapids or body of river |
| soboliferous | bearing shoots or suckers |
| sobriquet | nickname |
| socage | feudal land tenure by fixed service |
| sociable | four-wheeled open carriage with side-seats |
| sociative | indicating association with the subject |
| sociobiology | study of biological basis of human behaviour |
| sociocracy | government by society as a whole |
| sociogenesis | origin of human societies |
| socius | member; associate; companion |
| socle | moulded member at base of pedestal |
| sodality | a fellowship or fraternity |
| soffit | ornamented underside of a stair or archway |
| soigné | well-groomed; sleek |
| soilure | stain; pollution |
| solacious | giving solace |
| solander | box in the form of a book |
| solarimeter | instrument for measuring solar radiation |
| solarise | to expose to sunlight |
| solarism | excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology |
| solation | liquefaction of a gel |
| solatium | compensation given as solace for suffering or loss |
| soldatesque | soldierlike |
| solecism | a grammatical mistake; a breach of etiquette |
| soleiform | slipper-shaped |
| solemnsides | excessively solemn or serious |
| solenoid | cylindrical wire coil acting as a magnet when charged |
| solfatara | volcanic vent emitting only gases |
| solferino | purplish red |
| solidary | marked by solidarity; joint and several |
| solidum | large moulding along base of a pedestal |
| solidus | stroke, oblique or slash "/" |
| solifidianism | doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation |
| soliform | sun-like; resembling the sun |
| soligenous | produced by the sun |
| soliloquacious | prone to giving soliloquies |
| solipsism | theory that self-existence is the only certainty |
| solisequious | following the course of the sun |
| soliterraneous | of, like or pertaining to the joint effect of the sun and earth |
| solivagant | wandering alone |
| solive | joist or beam of secondary importance |
| sollevation | insurrection |
| solmisate | to sing; to set to musical notation |
| solonist | wise man |
| solum | ground; soil; piece of ground |
| solus | alone |
| solvolysis | decomposition of dissolved substance |
| somatasthenia | weakness of the body |
| somatism | materialism |
| somatogenic | caused from within the body or by the cells of the body |
| somatognosis | diagnosis of bodily conditions |
| somatology | science of the properties of matter |
| somatopsychic | concerning a person's bodily self-image |
| somatotrophic | promoting growth of the body |
| somedeal | somewhat |
| somewhither | to some place; somewhere |
| sommelier | butler; wine steward |
| somnambulate | to walk in one's sleep |
| somnial | of, like or pertaining to dreams |
| somniate | to dream |
| somnifacient | sleep-inducing |
| somniferous | bearing sleep |
| somniloquence | talking in one's sleep |
| somnipathy | sleep produced by hypnotism or mesmerism |
| somnolence | sleepiness; drowsiness |
| somnolescent | half-asleep |
| somnorific | causing sleep; soporific |
| sonance | sound; a sounding of an instrument |
| sondage | trial bore or excavation; sounding out of opinion |
| sondation | sounding of the earth by boring |
| sone | unit of loudness on a scale based on subjective or perceived loudness |
| soniferous | producing sound |
| sonification | act of producing sound |
| sonograph | instrument for recording and analysing sound |
| sonorescent | emitting sound under influence of radiation |
| sooth | truth; reality; in truth |
| soothfast | truthful; honest; faithful |
| soothly | in truth; truly |
| sophianic | of, like or pertaining to wisdom |
| sophic | full of wisdom; learned |
| sophiology | science of ideas |
| sophism | deceptive but plausible intellectualism |
| sophomania | delusion that one is incredibly intelligent |
| sophomoric | bombastic |
| sophrosyne | soundness of mind; self-control; moderation |
| sopite | to dull; lull; put to sleep; put an end to |
| sopitive | causing sleep |
| soporiferous | bearing sleep |
| soporific | tending to produce sleep |
| soporose | sleepy |
| sorbefacient | promoting absorption |
| sorbile | able to be sipped or drunk |
| sord | flock of mallard |
| sordor | refuse; foul matter |
| soricident | having teeth like a shrew's |
| soricine | of, like or pertaining to shrews |
| soricine | shrewlike; of, like or pertaining to shrews |
| sorites | string of statements where end of one is subject of next |
| soroche | mountain sickness |
| sororal | of, like or pertaining to sisters |
| sororicide | killing of one's own sister |
| sorosis | women's club |
| sorrel | reddish-brown; light chestnut |
| sortation | sorting out |
| sortilege | divination by drawing lots |
| sortition | casting of lots; assignment by casting of lots |
| soterial | of, like or pertaining to salvation |
| soteriology | study of theological salvation |
| sottisier | collection of jokes, quotes, or ridiculous remarks |
| sottoportico | covered passage or alley under the overhanging first floor of a building |
| soubrette | coquettish and intriguing maid; such a role in drama |
| sough | drain; sewer; adit |
| sough | to sigh or murmur as the wind does |
| sounder | herd of pigs; young boar |
| soupçon | hardly perceptible quantity; dash |
| soutache | narrow braid used for trimming |
| soutane | priest's cassock |
| souteneur | prostitute's pimp or bully |
| souterrain | underground chamber; earth-house |
| sovenance | remembrance; memory |
| spadassin | swordsman; fighter |
| spadiceous | chestnut-coloured |
| spadiceous | shaped like a palm branch |
| spadix | fleshy spike of flowers |
| spado | castrated or impotent person or animal |
| spagyric | alchemical |
| spagyrist | alchemist |
| spall | to splinter or split; to chip |
| spanandry | extreme scarcity of males in a biological population |
| spancel | to hobble |
| spandrel | space between curve of an arch and mouldings |
| spandrel | design in corner of postage stamp |
| spaniolate | to hispanicize |
| spanker | sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship |
| spansule | time-release capsule |
| spar | any ship's mast, boom, yard, or gaff |
| sparable | small headless shoemakers' nail |
| sparagmos | ritualized tearing apart of a person prior to rebirth or renewal |
| sparge | to sprinkle with moisture |
| spargefication | act of sprinkling or scattering |
| spargosis | swelling |
| sparsim | here and there |
| sparver | canopy for a bed |
| spasmatomancy | divination by twitching or convulsions of the body |
| spatchcock | to insert into a text too hurriedly or inappropriately |
| spatialism | doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties |
| spatiate | to ramble; to saunter |
| spatilomancy | divination by means of feces |
| spatiography | scientific description of outer space |
| spatiotemporal | of, like or pertaining to time and space |
| spattee | protective outer stocking |
| spatulate | shaped like a spatula |
| spavin | hard bony tumour on a horse's leg |
| spavined | lame; broken down; decrepit |
| specie | coined money |
| speciocide | destruction of an entire species |
| specious | apparently good but not actually so; superficially plausible |
| spectrofluorimeter | instrument for measuring and recording fluorescence spectra |
| spectrograph | instrument for viewing a spectrum |
| spectroheliograph | instrument for taking pictures of the sun |
| spectroheliokinematograph | camera for taking pictures of the sun |
| spectrohelioscope | instrument for viewing solar disc in light of a single wavelength |
| spectrology | study of ghosts |
| spectrometer | instrument measuring wavelengths of light of a spectrum |
| spectrophobia | fear of looking in a mirror |
| spectrophotometer | instrument for measuring speed of different parts of light spectrum |
| spectroscope | instrument for forming spectra by dispersing rays of light |
| spectroscopy | study of spectra |
| specular | mirrorlike; by reflection; visual |
| speculum | mirror; reflector; coloured patch on a bird's wing |
| speed | prosperity; success |
| spelaeothem | depositional features found in caves |
| spelean | cave-dwelling |
| speleology | study and exploration of caves |
| speleothem | structure in a cave formed by deposition of minerals in water |
| spelter | zinc |
| speluncar | of, like or pertaining to caves |
| speos | ancient Egyptian cave temple |
| spermatic | of, like or pertaining to sperm |
| spermatogenesis | producing sperm |
| spermatorrhoea | frequent and involuntary ejaculation |
| spermiogenesis | producing sperm |
| spermologer | one who gathers seeds |
| spermology | study of seeds |
| spermophile | member of family of seed-loving rodents |
| spetch | piece of undressed leather used in making glue |
| sphacelate | to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification |
| sphacelated | necrosed; dark and shrunken |
| sphagnicolous | living in peat moss |
| sphagnology | study of peat moss |
| sphairistic | tennis-playing |
| sphecoid | wasp-like |
| sphenic | wedge-like |
| sphenogram | cuneiform character |
| sphenoid | wedge-shaped |
| spheristerion | place for exercise in ball-play |
| spheromancy | divination using a crystal ball |
| spherometer | instrument measuring curvature |
| spheterize | to make one's own; to appropriate |
| sphingal | of, like or pertaining to sphinxes |
| sphragistic | of, like or pertaining to seals and signets |
| sphragistics | study of seals and signets |
| sphygmic | of, like or pertaining to the pulse or heartbeat |
| sphygmodic | pulsating |
| sphygmograph | instrument for recording pulse |
| sphygmology | study of the pulse |
| sphygmomanometer | instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure |
| sphygmometer | instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure |
| sphygmophone | instrument for hearing the pulse |
| sphygmoscope | instrument for making arterial pulsations visible |
| sphygmus | the pulse |
| sphyrelaton | metalwork done with hammers |
| spicaceous | shaped like a spike |
| spicate | spiked; spikelike |
| spicigerous | bearing spikes |
| spicula | prickle or splinter |
| spider | light high-wheeled carriage |
| spiflicate | to destroy; to quell; to confound |
| spikenard | sweetly scented ointment |
| spile | device for tapping sap from maple trees |
| spiloma | birthmark; nevus |
| spinescent | developing spines; developing into a spine |
| spiniferous | bearing spines |
| spiniform | like a thorn or spine |
| spinigerous | bearing spines |
| spinnaker | large triangular sail opposite the mainsail |
| spinnbar | capable of being drawn into strands |
| spinneret | silk-spinning organ of an insect or spider |
| spinney | copse or small clump of trees |
| spinosity | thorniness |
| spinthariscope | instrument for visually detecting alpha particles |
| spintherism | seeing of sparks before the eyes |
| spintrian | of, like or pertaining to orgies or male sexual deviance |
| spinulate | furnished with small spines |
| spinuliferous | bearing spinules |
| spiracle | breathing hole; orifice; vent |
| spiraculate | having air-holes |
| spiraliform | shaped like a spiral |
| spiralism | advancement through a spirally structured career |
| spirate | voiceless |
| spiration | act of breathing |
| spiritualism | belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit |
| spirketting | inside planking between ports and waterways of a ship |
| spirograph | instrument recording movements of breathing |
| spirometer | instrument measuring lung capacity |
| spirulate | spirally arranged |
| spissated | thickened |
| spissitude | density |
| splanchnic | visceral; intestinal |
| splanchnology | study of the entrails or viscera |
| splat | thin strip forming upright middle part of the back of a chair |
| splenetic | marked by bad temper or spite; melancholy |
| splenial | splint-like |
| splenic | of, like or pertaining to the spleen |
| spleniculus | small detached part of the spleen |
| splenitive | fiery; ill-tempered |
| splenium | surgical bandage |
| spodium | bone charcoal; powder obtained from calcination of substances |
| spodogenous | caused by waste matter |
| spodomancy | divination by means of ashes |
| spokeshave | plane or knife used to round spokes |
| spoliate | to despoil; to plunder |
| spoliative | serving to take away or diminish |
| spondulicks | available money; funds |
| spondyle | vertebra |
| spongology | study of sponges |
| sponsal | spousal |
| sponsalia | espousals |
| sponsion | act of becoming surety for another |
| sponson | platform jutting from ship's deck for gun or wheel |
| sporicide | killing of spores |
| sporiferous | bearing spores |
| sporogenesis | reproduction by means of spores |
| sporran | ornamental pouch worn in front of kilt |
| sportulary | relying on charity or the generosity of patrons |
| sporulation | formation or production of spores |
| sprachgefühl | innate feel for essential character of a language |
| sprag | bar inserted to stop a wheel |
| spraints | otters' dung |
| sprauncy | smart; dapper |
| spreagh | cattle raid; foray |
| sprent | sprinkled |
| springald | active young man; youth |
| springe | snare with noose and spring |
| sprit | spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally |
| spritsail | sail extended by a sprit |
| spuddle | to work feebly or ineffectively; to perform shallow agricultural ploughing |
| spumescent | foamy; frothing |
| spumid | frothy; foamy |
| spurcidical | foul-mouthed; speaking dishonestly or foully |
| spurcitious | foul; filthy; obscene |
| spuria | spurious works |
| spurion | any hypothetical subatomic particle used to facilitate calculations |
| spurrier | one who makes spurs |
| sputative | habitually spitting |
| sputum | matter spat out |
| squab | fat; clumsy; unfledged; newly hatched |
| squadrism | control of government by armed squadrons of loyalists |
| squaliform | shaped like a shark |
| squaloid | of, like or pertaining to sharks |
| squamate | scaly |
| squamation | scaliness |
| squamiform | shaped like a scale |
| squamoid | like a scale |
| squandermania | irrational propensity for spending money wastefully |
| squarrose | having scales sticking out at right angles |
| squarson | clergyman who is also a land-holding squire |
| squarsonocracy | government by landholding clergymen |
| squassation | form of torture involving hanging weights and shaking or whipping victim |
| squatterarchy | government by squatters; squattocracy |
| squattocracy | government by squatters |
| squill | sea-onion |
| squinancy | quinsy |
| squinch | arch across the corner of a room |
| squintifego | squinting greatly |
| squirage | the landed gentry |
| squirearchy | government by squires |
| squirocracy | government by squires; squirearchy |
| stabile | stationary |
| stack | old unit of measure for firewood equal to 108 cubic feet |
| stactometer | pipette with hollow bulb for counting drops |
| staddle | support for a haystack |
| stadial | of, like or pertaining to a stage |
| stadiometer | instrument for measuring the length of a curved line |
| staffage | decorative accessories or additions to work of art |
| stagiary | law student |
| stagmometer | instrument for measuring number of drops in volume of liquid |
| stagnicolous | living in stagnant water |
| stalactiform | shaped like a stalactite or icicle |
| stalagmometer | instrument for measuring surface tension by drops |
| stallenger | keeper of a stall |
| staminiferous | bearing stamens |
| stammel | coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour |
| stampomania | obsession with stamp-collecting |
| stanchion | upright beam, bar or support |
| standpipe | vertical pipe for conveying gas or water to a higher level |
| stang | stake; pole |
| stanhope | light open one-seated carriage |
| stanjant | heraldic animal in profile with head towards the viewer |
| stannary | tin-mining district |
| stanniferous | bearing tin |
| stapediform | shaped like a stirrup |
| staphyline | like a bunch of grapes |
| staphylorrhaphy | surgical closure of a cleft palate |
| starbolins | sailors of the starboard watch |
| starets | Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor |
| starveling | starving, weak, hungry or pining person |
| stasiarch | ringleader in sedition |
| stasimorphy | structural modification by arrested development |
| stasiology | study of political parties |
| statant | heraldic animal standing in profile with all feet on the ground |
| statics | study of bodies and forces in equilibrium |
| statim | immediately; at once |
| stative | indicating a state rather than an action |
| statocracy | government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence |
| statolatry | worship of the state |
| statolith | small calcareous stone used by invertebrates to maintain equilibrium |
| statoscope | instrument for measuring small changes in atmospheric pressure |
| statuary | of, pertaining to or suitable for sculpture |
| statuminate | to support; to prop up |
| statuvolism | mesmerism; hypnotism |
| staurolatry | worship of the cross or crucifix |
| stauroscope | instrument for studying structure of crystals with polarised light |
| stay | large rope used to support a mast |
| staysail | fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a stay |
| steading | range of building surrounding a farmhouse |
| stearin | hard fat |
| steatite | soapstone |
| steatogenous | producing fat |
| steatopygous | fat-buttocked |
| steatorrhoea | excretion of fat through the bowels |
| steen | to line with stone |
| steeve | to set a ship's bowsprit at an upward inclination |
| steeve | angle of elevation in relation to the horizontal |
| steganograph | cryptogram |
| steganographer | cryptographer; one who works with ciphers |
| stegmonth | period of recuperation after childbirth |
| stegnosis | constipation |
| stegophilist | one who climbs buildings for sport |
| stellate | star-shaped; starry |
| stelliferous | having many stars |
| stelliform | shaped like a star |
| stellify | to set among the stars |
| stellion | lizard with starry spots |
| stellular | star-like; having star-like spots |
| stelography | practice of writing inscriptions on columns or pillars |
| stemma | scroll; garland; pedigree; family tree |
| stemmatology | study of relationships between texts |
| stemson | supporting timber of a ship |
| stenometer | instrument for measuring distances |
| stenopaeic | with a narrow opening |
| stenosis | narrowing of an orifice |
| stenotopic | able to tolerate only small environmental changes |
| stentor | loud-voiced person |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| stephane | diadem or coronet worn by soldiers or statues of ancient deities |
| stepney | spare wheel |
| stercomancy | fortune-telling by studying seeds in dung |
| stercoraceous | of, like or pertaining to feces |
| stercoranism | belief that the consecrated Eucharist is digested and evacuated |
| stercorate | to shit |
| stercoricolous | living in dung or filth |
| stercovorous | feeding on dung or excrement |
| stereobate | substructure; foundation; basement |
| stereochromy | colourful wall painting |
| stereognosis | ability to perceive the weight and form of an object |
| stereometer | instrument for measuring specific gravity |
| stereometry | measurement of volumes of solid figures |
| stereophony | reproduction of sound |
| stereopsis | stereoscopic or three-dimensional vision |
| stereoscope | instrument for viewing special three-dimensional photographs |
| stereotaxis | reaction of organism to contact with a solid body |
| stereotomy | cutting of stone or other solid materials |
| steric | of, like or pertaining to the organization of atoms in a molecule |
| stern | back part of a ship |
| sternpost | main member at stern of a ship extending from keel to deck |
| sternutation | sneezing |
| sternway | movement of a ship backwards |
| sterquilinian | of, like or pertaining to a dunghill |
| stertorous | with a snoring sound |
| stet | to restore after marking for deletion |
| stethometer | instrument measuring chest expansion during breathing |
| stevedorage | fee levied for loading and unloading cargo |
| stevedore | dock worker who loads and unloads ships |
| steven | outcry; loud call |
| sthenia | strength |
| sthenic | strong; robust; morbidly active |
| stibadium | semicircular couch |
| stibial | of, like or pertaining to antimony |
| stibialism | antimony poisoning |
| sticharion | vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests |
| sticheron | short hymn |
| stichology | metrical theory |
| stichomancy | divination by picking passages from books at random |
| stichometry | numbering or counting lines in books or documents |
| stichomythia | dialogue in alternate lines |
| stiction | frictional force occurring when surfaces set together |
| stifle | joint above the hock of a horse |
| stigmatic | giving infamy, stigma or reproach, marked or branded |
| stigmatiferous | bearing stigma |
| stigmatophilia | obsession with tattooing or branding |
| stillage | frame or stand for keeping things off the floor |
| stillatim | drop by drop |
| stillatitious | issuing in drops; falling in drops |
| stillatory | still; distillery |
| stillicide | drip; eavesdrop |
| stillion | cask stand |
| stilp | to walk with stilts or crutches |
| stipe | a stalk |
| stipiform | shaped like a stalk |
| stirious | shaped like an icicle |
| stirk | yearling ox or cow; pasture for yearlings |
| stirpiculture | selective breeding |
| stirps | branch of a family; pedigree |
| stithy | blacksmith's forge or anvil |
| stiver | thing of little or no value |
| stochastic | of, like or pertaining to a sequence of random events |
| stockinette | soft elastic cotton fabric |
| stodge | to cram, stuff or gorge with food |
| stoichiology | science of elements of animal tissues |
| stoichiometry | measurement of proportions of chemical reactions |
| stoicism | belief in indifference to pleasure or pain |
| stokehold | ship's furnace chamber |
| stole | narrow ecclesiastical vestment or scarf |
| stolisomancy | divination by observing how one dresses oneself |
| stolon | runner or shoot from base of a plant |
| stoloniferous | bearing or having runners |
| stomacher | armour for the chest; covering or ornament for the chest area |
| stomachous | resentful; haughty; spirited |
| stomatiferous | having an orifice or mouth |
| stomatolalia | speech produced with clogged nostrils |
| stomatology | study of the mouth |
| stomp | jazz dance featuring heavy stamping of the feet |
| stonk | a heavy concentration of artillery fire |
| stope | steplike excavation in mining |
| storge | natural or parental affection |
| storiate | to decorate with historical designs |
| storiated | decorated with elaborate ornamental designs |
| storiology | study of folk tales |
| stoss | side of a hill facing upstream |
| stotious | drunk |
| stoup | vessel for holding holy water |
| stover | fodder |
| strabismometer | instrument measuring degree of squinting |
| strabismus | squint |
| strabometer | instrument for measuring strabismus in the eyes |
| strabotomy | surgical removal of a squint |
| stradometrical | of, like or pertaining to the measurement of streets and roads |
| strahl | flow of beams of electrons from the sun to earth |
| strait | strict; rigorous; constricted |
| strake | continuous band of plates on side of a ship |
| strake | trough for washing ore |
| stramineous | strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured |
| strapontin | folding seat in a theatre |
| strappado | form of torture in which victim is left dangling from a rope |
| strass | paste for making false gems |
| stratarchy | rulership over an army |
| strathspey | reel-like Scottish dance of moderate tempo |
| straticulate | composed of parallel strata |
| stratiform | layered; forming a layer |
| stratigraphy | study of geological layers or strata |
| stratocracy | military rule or despotism |
| stratography | art of leading an army |
| stratonic | of an army or armies |
| stratous | in layers |
| strepent | noisy |
| strephosymbolia | visual disorder where letters are mirror image |
| strepitant | loud; noisy; clamorous |
| strepor | noise; clamour |
| strepsis | twisting |
| stretcher | brick placed lengthwise in masonry |
| striated | striped; with fine lines |
| strickle | tool used to sharpen a scythe; template |
| stridor | harsh shrill sound |
| stridulate | to make a chirping or scraping sound |
| stridulous | squeaky |
| striga | flute of a column |
| strigate | bristled; streaked |
| strigiform | shaped like an owl |
| strigil | scraper used to clean the skin after bathing |
| strigilation | scraping |
| strigine | owl-like; of, like or pertaining to owls |
| strobic | like a spinning top; appearing to spin |
| stroboscope | instrument for studying motion using flashes of light |
| strombuliferous | bearing spirally coiled organs |
| strombuliform | shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted |
| strophosis | twist; turn |
| strumpetocracy | government by strumpets |
| struthiform | ostrich-like |
| struthious | of, like or pertaining to ostriches |
| stulm | adit; draining-shaft |
| stultiloquence | foolish or senseless talk |
| stummel | bowl and adjacent part of a pipe |
| stunsail | light auxiliary sail to the side of principal sails |
| stupe | medicated cloth used to treat fever |
| stupefacient | narcotic; stupefying |
| stupent | astounded; dumbfounded |
| stuprate | to ravish; to violate; to rape |
| stupulose | downy |
| stygian | having a gloomy or foreboding aspect; murky |
| styliferous | bearing a bristle |
| styliform | shaped like a bristle |
| stylite | monk who spends much time on tops of pillars |
| stylobate | continuous pedestal supporting a row of columns |
| stylogalmaic | of, like or pertaining to figures serving as columns or pillars |
| stylography | mode of writing or engraving with a pen |
| stylometer | instrument for measuring columns |
| stylometry | studying literature by means of statistical analysis |
| styptic | drawing together; astringent |
| stythe | choke-damp |
| suable | that may be sued |
| suasion | persuasion |
| suaveolent | fragrant |
| subact | to work up; to subdue |
| subaerial | in open air |
| subalary | beneath the wings |
| subaltern | ranked quantitatively but not qualitatively |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| subarrhation | mode of betrothal where gift given by man to woman |
| subboreal | very cold |
| subdolous | crafty |
| subduct | to withdraw; to take away |
| subduple | in the ratio of one to two |
| subduplicate | expressed by a square root |
| suberous | of, like or having the appearance of cork; pertaining to cork |
| subessive | indicating location under or below |
| subfocal | of which one is only dimly aware |
| subfusc | dusky; sombre |
| subhastation | sale by public auction |
| subindicate | to hind |
| subinfeudate | to grant to another land held by another feudal lord |
| subintelligitur | implication understood though not stated |
| subitaneous | sudden; hasty; hastily made |
| subitize | to perceive number of items in a group without counting |
| subito | at once; immediately |
| subjacent | underlying |
| subjectivism | doctrine that all knowledge is subjective |
| subjoin | to add at the end or afterwards |
| sublate | to deny; to contradict; to resolve a contradiction |
| sublative | indicating movement towards the top of |
| sublineation | act of underlining |
| sublunary | under the moon; of this world; earthly; terrestrial |
| subluxation | state of being almost dislocated |
| subnascent | growing up from beneath |
| subniveal | under snow |
| subnubilar | under clouds |
| suborn | to bribe or procure to commit an unlawful act |
| subreptary | adapted to crawling |
| subreption | misrepresentation; false deduction |
| subrident | smiling |
| subrogate | to substitute |
| subsecive | remaining over; spare |
| subserve | to be useful to; to promote |
| subsidiarity | state of being subsidiary; secondary importance |
| subsolar | beneath the sun; between the tropics |
| substantialism | belief that there is a real existence underlying phenomena |
| substractor | detractor |
| substratose | imperfectly stratified |
| substruct | to build beneath; to lay as a foundation |
| subsultive | moving by leaps and starts; twitching |
| subsultus | convulsive movement |
| subtend | to be opposite to or to extend under |
| subternatural | less than natural |
| subtopia | suburbs of a city |
| subtrist | somewhat sad |
| subtrude | to push in stealthily |
| subturbary | beneath turf |
| subulate | awl-shaped |
| subungual | beneath a nail or hoof |
| suburbicarian | of, like or pertaining to suburbs |
| subvention | granting of money in aid |
| succedaneous | serving as a substitute |
| succedaneum | substitute; remedy |
| succentor | bass soloist in a choir |
| succenturiate | to supply what is lacking; to supplement |
| succiduous | ready to fall; in the process of falling; tottering |
| succiferous | bearing or producing sap |
| succinctorium | band or scarf worn from the Pope's girdle |
| succinic | of, pertaining to or derived from amber |
| succiniferous | bearing or producing amber |
| succise | appearing to have the lower part cut off |
| succorrhoea | excessive secretion |
| succour | to aid in distress |
| succubus | female devil who seduces men and copulates with them in their sleep |
| succursal | subsidiary; branch or subsidiary establishment |
| succus | juice extracted from plant |
| succuss | to shake up |
| sucrier | table vessel for sugar |
| suctorial | designed for sucking or adhering |
| sudarium | cloth for wiping away sweat |
| sudation | sweating |
| sudatory | inducing sweat |
| sudd | mass of floating weed blocking the Nile River |
| sudiform | shaped like a stake |
| sudor | sweat |
| sudoral | sweaty |
| sudoriferous | inducing or secreting sweat |
| sudorific | causing sweat |
| sudoriparous | secreting sweat |
| sudorous | sweaty |
| suede | light beige |
| suffibulum | veil worn by vestal virgins prior to their sacrifice |
| suffisance | sufficiency; satisfaction; enjoyment |
| sufflaminate | to check; to obstruct; to block |
| sufflate | to inflate |
| suffragan | assistant bishop |
| suffrutescent | having a woody base |
| sugent | designed for sucking |
| sugillate | to beat until black and blue |
| suicidology | study of suicide |
| suidian | of, like or pertaining to pigs |
| suilline | of, like or pertaining to hogs |
| suilline | like a pig; of, like or pertaining to pigs |
| suine | mixture of margarine and lard |
| suint | dried sheep perspiration |
| sulcal | of a sulcus; grooved; furrowed |
| sulcalize | to furrow |
| sulcate | with grooves or furrows |
| sulciform | having the shape of a groove |
| sulcus | groove, furrow or fissure |
| sulky | light two-wheeled, one-person horse-drawn carriage |
| sullage | filth; refuse; sewage; scum; silt |
| sulphorous | of, like or pertaining to hellfire; infernal; blasphemous |
| sulphureous | bright yellow |
| summa | comprehensive treatise |
| summate | to add together |
| sumpsimus | correct expression that replaces popular but wrong one |
| sumpter | pack horse; beast of burden |
| sumptuary | of, like or pertaining to expense or extravagance |
| sundog | bright spot or halo appearing on either side of sun; parhelion |
| supellex | furnishings; apparatus for an experiment |
| superannuate | to discharge as being too old |
| supercalender | to give a high polish to |
| supercargo | ship's official in charge of business affairs |
| supercherie | deception; hoax; fraud |
| superciliary | of, on or near the eyebrow |
| supercilious | disdainfully superior; overbearing |
| supercrescent | parasitic |
| supererogation | doing more than needed to complete a task |
| superessive | indicating location upon or on top of |
| superfetate | to conceive during pregnancy |
| superfetation | superabundant production or accumulation |
| superficies | surface layer; surface with length and width only |
| superfuse | to pour over |
| superhumeral | ecclesiastical garment worn over the shoulders |
| superincumbent | resting on top; overlying; overhanging |
| superinduce | to bring as addition |
| superjacent | lying above |
| superlunary | otherworldly; above the moon |
| supernal | on high; celestial; exalted |
| supernatant | floating on the surface |
| supernumerary | above the stated, usual or necessary number |
| superscribe | to write at the top or at the head |
| supersensible | beyond physical perception; spiritual |
| supersolid | magnitude of more than three dimensions |
| supervenient | extraneous, additional or unexpected |
| supeter | armour for the feet |
| supinate | to lie on one's back; to make to lie on the back |
| supine | lying flat on the back |
| suppalpation | coaxing; wheedling |
| suppedaneum | support under foot of crucified person |
| suppletion | addition; supplement |
| suppliant | supplicating; entreating |
| suppositious | conjectural; hypothetical |
| suppurate | to discharge pus |
| supra | above; earlier in a text |
| supraliminal | conscious |
| supralunar | beyond the moon; very lofty |
| surah | soft twilled silk or rayon |
| sural | of, like or pertaining to the calf of the leg |
| surbate | to bruise from walking; to make footsore |
| surcease | to stop or cease |
| surcingle | girth or strap for holding saddle to animal's back |
| surculation | pruning; cutting off shoots to propagate them |
| surculigerous | producing suckers |
| surculose | having or producing suckers |
| surd | irrational number |
| surd | deaf; senseless |
| surdimutism | state of being both deaf and dumb |
| surdomute | deaf-mute |
| suretyship | responsibility assumed by one person on another's behalf |
| surexcitation | excessive excitedness |
| surfactant | substance which reduces surface tension |
| surfeit | excess; state of being full |
| surficial | of, like or pertaining to the surface of the earth |
| surnominal | of, like or pertaining to surnames |
| surplice | loose-fitting ankle length overgarment worn by clerics |
| surquedry | arrogance |
| surrey | light four-wheeled carriage with two seats |
| suscept | host of a parasite |
| suscipient | recipient of a sacrament |
| suscitate | to excite; to rouse |
| suspercollate | to hang |
| suspiration | sighing |
| sussultatory | characterized by large up-and-down vibrations |
| sustentacular | supporting |
| sustentative | sustaining |
| susurrate | to whisper |
| susurrus | murmuring; whisper; rustling |
| sutile | accomplished by stitching or sewing |
| sutler | one who sells liquor or provisions to soldiers |
| sutor | cobbler |
| sutorian | of, like or pertaining to cobbling or sewing |
| svedberg | unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity |
| swag | looping hanging down bit of fabric over a window or door |
| swage | groove; grooved shaping tool |
| swale | marshy hollow or depression; meadow |
| swallet | place where water disappears underground |
| swansdown | heavy napped cotton flannel |
| swanskin | soft napped fabric resembling flannel |
| swape | beam with which water is raised to irrigation ditches |
| sward | a portion of land covered with grass |
| swarf | grit from an axle; stone or metal filings |
| swasivious | agreeably persuasive |
| sweven | vision seen in sleep; a dream |
| swingometer | instrument for measuring swing in votes during an election |
| swink | to toil; to labour |
| swipple | striking part of a flail |
| swissing | ordinary calendering of cloth |
| swith | instantly; quickly |
| swive | to enjoy conjugal intimacy with a female personage; to fuck a chick |
| swoopstake | in an indiscriminate manner |
| sybaritic | devoted to luxury |
| sybil | female prophet; hag; witch |
| sybilline | like an oracle or prophet; mysterious |
| sybotic | of, like or pertaining to a swineherd |
| sycomancy | divination using fig leaves |
| sycosis | inflammation of the hair follicles or beard |
| syllabatim | syllable by syllable |
| syllabub | anything frothy or insubstantial |
| syllepsis | figure where word related to two others differently |
| syllogism | argument in which two premises lead to a logical conclusion |
| sylph | airy female spirit or fairy-creature; slim girl |
| sylvatic | belonging to or found in woods |
| sylvestral | of, like or pertaining to trees |
| sylviculture | forestry |
| symblepharon | adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball |
| symbolaeography | drawing up of legal documents |
| symbolatry | undue worship of symbols |
| symbology | study of symbols |
| symmachy | fighting jointly against a common enemy |
| symmetrophobia | fear of symmetry |
| symmography | string art |
| sympatric | occupying the same regions but not interbreeding |
| symphilism | the state of being in a symbiotic relationship |
| symphily | living together for mutual benefit |
| symphonia | old name for the hurdy-gurdy or other musical instruments |
| symphoric | accident-prone |
| sympiesometer | instrument for measuring pressure of a current |
| symploce | repetition of word at start of one and end of next clause |
| symposiarch | leader of a conference |
| symposiast | participant at a conference |
| symptomatology | study of symptoms of illness |
| symptosis | emaciation |
| synaeresis | running together of vowels into a diphthong |
| synaesthesia | confusion of one sensation with another |
| synaesthesis | harmony of differing impulses from a work of art |
| synallagmatic | mutually or reciprocally obligatory; bilateral |
| synaloepha | contraction of two syllables into one by omitting a vowel |
| synanthy | growing together of two flowers |
| synaphea | metrical continuity between verses in a system |
| synaposematism | warning coloration common to many species in region |
| synarchy | joint sovereignty |
| synartesis | close junction |
| synastry | comparison of horoscopes of two or more people |
| synaxarion | account of a saint's life |
| syncategorematic | meaningless or unable to form a term without other words |
| synchoresis | concession made for the sake of more effective retort |
| synchroscope | instrument for detecting whether two moving parts are synchronized |
| synchysis | confusion of meaning due to unusual arrangement |
| synclastic | curved in all directions towards a single point |
| syncline | downward fold in geology |
| syncope | omission of a sound from middle of a word |
| syncrasy | combination |
| syncretism | combination of different religious beliefs |
| syndactylic | with digits joined together |
| syndetic | connective |
| syndeton | phrase whose parts are joined by a conjunction |
| syndicalism | doctrine of direct worker control of capital |
| syndyasmian | marked by a loose temporary pair-bonding or one-night stand |
| synecdoche | part used to refer to whole or vice versa |
| synecdochial | broadened or narrowed in interpretation |
| synechiology | continuity or union of all things |
| synechthry | cohabitation of hostile species |
| synecology | study of ecological communities |
| synectics | study of processes of invention |
| synedrion | judicial assembly |
| syneidesis | conscience as passing judgement on past acts |
| synergism | belief that human will and divine spirit cooperate in salvation |
| synergy | combined action of two or more forces |
| synesis | syntax having regard to meaning rather than form |
| syngamy | free interbreeding between organisms |
| syngenesis | sexual reproduction |
| syngraph | writing or contract signed by both or all parties |
| synizesis | movement of one part causing movement in another part |
| synod | ecclesiastical assembly or council |
| synodical | of, like or pertaining to conjunction |
| synoeciosis | rhetorical figure of coupling opposites |
| synoecism | uniting of several towns under a single capital city |
| synoecize | to unite in one community or city-state |
| synoecy | association of species with benefit to one species only |
| synonymicon | thesaurus |
| synoptic | of or giving a synopsis or summary |
| synorthographic | spelled in the same way |
| synsemantic | of a word, having no meaning outside a specific context |
| syntagm | organized body, system or group |
| syntectic | having the quality of melting or dissolving |
| synteresis | conscience as guide to action; intuitive moral knowledge |
| syntexis | liquefaction; melting; wasting |
| synthronus | joint throne for an Orthodox bishop and his presbyters |
| syntomy | brevity; conciseness |
| syntrierarch | an ancient Greek citizen charged with equipping a trireme |
| syphilology | study of syphilis |
| syphilomania | pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis |
| syphilophobia | fear of syphilis |
| syringadenous | of, like or pertaining to sweat glands |
| syrinx | rock-cut tunnel; pan pipes |
| syrt | quicksand |
| syrtic | of, like or pertaining to quicksand |
| syssitia | ancient Greek custom of eating chief meal together in public |
| systaltic | alternately contracting and dilating; pulsating |
| systatic | bringing together |
| systematology | study of systems |
| systyle | having columns separated by a distance of twice their thickness |
| syzygy | alignment of three or more celestial bodies |
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Ankur Dubey
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