- sacrificev.To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar
- sacrificialadj.Offering or offered as an atonement for sin
- sacrilegen.The act of violating or profaning anything sacred
- sacrilegiousadj.Impious
- safeguardv.To protect
- sagaciousadj.Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception
- salaciousadj.Having strong sexual desires
- saliencen.The condition of standing out distinctly
- salientadj.Standing out prominently
- salineadj.Constituting or consisting of salt
- salutaryadj.Beneficial
- salutationn.Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act
- salutatoryn.The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges
- salvagen.Any act of saving property
- salvon.A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer
- sanctimoniousadj.Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety
- sanctionv.To approve authoritatively
- sanctityn.Holiness
- sanguinaryadj.Bloody
- sanguineadj.Having the color of blood
- sanguineousadj.Consisting of blood
- sapidadj.Affecting the sense of taste
- sapiencen.Deep wisdom or knowledge
- sapientadj.Possessing wisdom
- sapientialadj.Possessing wisdom
- saponaceousadj.Having the nature or quality of soap
- sarcasmn.Cutting and reproachful language
- sarcophagusn.A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb
- sardonicadj.Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
- satiatev.To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of
- satiren.The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices
- satiricadj.Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule
- satirizev.To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit
- satyrn.A very lascivious person
- savagen.A wild and uncivilized human being
- savorv.To perceive by taste or smell
- scabbardn.The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon
- scarcityn.Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands
- scholarlyadj.Characteristic of an erudite person
- scholasticadj.Pertaining to education or schools
- scintillan.The faintest ray
- scintillatev.To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light
- scopen.A range of action or view
- scoundreln.A man without principle
- scribblen.Hasty, careless writing
- scriben.One who writes or is skilled in writing
- scriptn.Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form
- Scripturaladj.Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures
- scruplen.Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty
- scrupulousadj.Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong
- scurrilousadj.Grossly indecent or vulgar
- scuttlev.To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom
- scythen.A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc
- seancen.A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits
- searv.To burn on the surface
- sebaceousadj.Pertaining to or appearing like fat
- secantadj.Cutting, especially into two parts
- secedev.To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body
- secessionn.Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies
- secludev.To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others
- seclusionn.Solitude
- secondaryadj.Less important or effective than that which is primary
- secondlyadv.In the second place in order or succession
- second-rateadj.Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc
- secrecyn.Concealment
- secretaryn.One who attends to correspondence, keeps records.or does other writing for others
- secretiveadj.Having a tendency to conceal
- sedateadj.Even-tempered
- sedentaryadj.Involving or requiring much sitting
- sedimentn.Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
- seditionn.Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
- seditiousadj.Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state
- seducev.To entice to surrender chastity
- sedulousadj.Persevering in effort or endeavor
- seern.A prophet
- seethev.To be violently excited or agitated
- seigniorn.A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir
- seismographn.An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes
- seizev.To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly
- selectiveadj.Having the power of choice
- self-respectn.Rational self-esteem
- semblancen.Outward appearance
- semicivilizedadj.Half-civilized
- semiconsciousadj.Partially conscious
- semiannualadj.Recurring at intervals of six months
- semicirclen.A half-circle
- seminarn.Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher
- seminaryn.A special school, as of theology or pedagogics
- senileadj.Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age
- sensationn.A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling
- sensen.The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action
- sensibilityn.Power to perceive or feel
- sensitiveadj.Easily affected by outside operations or influences
- sensoriumn.The sensory apparatus
- sensualadj.Pertaining to the body or the physical senses
- sensuousadj.Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury
- sentencen.A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought
- sentiencen.Capacity for sensation or sense-perception
- sentientadj.Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception
- sentineln.Any guard or watch stationed for protection
- separableadj.Capable of being disjoined or divided
- separatev.To take apart
- separatistn.A seceder
- septennialadj.Recurring every seven years
- sepulchern.A burial-place
- sequaciousadj.Ready to be led
- sequeln.That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened
- sequencen.The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time
- sequentadj.Following in the order of time
- sequesterv.To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life
- sequestratev.To confiscate
- sergeantn.A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal
- sergeant-at-armsn.An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer
- sergeant-majorn.The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment
- servicen.Any work done for the benefit of another
- serviceableadj.Durable
- servituden.Slavery
- severancen.Separation
- severelyadv.Extremely
- sextetn.A band of six singers or players
- sextupleadj.Multiplied by six
- sheeradj.Absolute
- shiftlessadj.Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability
- shrewdadj.Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances
- shriekn.A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror
- shrinkagen.A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension
- shrivelv.To draw or be drawn into wrinkles
- shufflen.A mixing or changing the order of things
- sibilancen.A hissing sound
- sibilantadj.Made with a hissing sound
- sibilatev.To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s
- sidelongadj.Inclining or tending to one side
- siderealadj.Pertaining to stars or constellations
- siegen.A beleaguerment
- significancen.Importance
- significantadj.Important, especially as pointing something out
- significationn.The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs
- similaradj.Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else
- similen.A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself
- similituden.Similarity
- simplifyv.To make less complex or difficult
- simulatev.Imitate
- simultaneousadj.Occurring, done, or existing at the same time
- sinecuren.Any position having emoluments with few or no duties
- singev.To burn slightly or superficially
- sinisteradj.Evil
- sinuosityn.The quality of curving in and out
- sinuousadj.Curving in and out
- sinusn.An opening or cavity
- sirenn.A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla
- siroccon.hot winds from Africa
- sisterhoodn.A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow
- skepticn.One who doubts any statements
- skepticismn.The entertainment of doubt concerning something
- skiffn.Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars
- skirmishn.Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies
- sleightn.A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation
- slightadj.Of a small importance or significance
- slothfuladj.Lazy
- sluggardn.A person habitually lazy or idle
- sociableadj.Inclined to seek company
- socialismn.A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society
- socialistadj.One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital
- sociologyn.The philosophical study of society
- Soln.The sun
- solacen.Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity
- solaradj.Pertaining to the sun
- soldern.A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins
- soldiern.A person engaged in military service
- solecismn.Any violation of established rules or customs
- solicitorn.One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney
- solicituden.Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear
- soliloquyn.A monologue
- solsticen.The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination
- solubleadj.Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid
- solventadj.Having sufficient funds to pay all debts
- somberadj.Gloomy
- somniferousadj.Tending to produce sleep
- somnolencen.Oppressive drowsiness
- somnolentadj.Sleepy
- sonatan.An instrumental composition
- sonnetn.A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases
- sonorousadj.Resonant
- soothsayern.One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight
- sophismn.A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
- sophisticaladj.Fallacious
- sophisticatev.To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
- sophistryn.Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive
- sopranon.A woman's or boy's voice of high range
- sorceryn.Witchcraft
- sordidadj.Of degraded character or nature
- souvenirn.A token of remembrance
- sparseadj.Thinly diffused
- Spartanadj.Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe
- spasmodicadj.Convulsive
- specializev.To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course
- specialtyn.An employment limited to one particular line of work
- specien.A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal
- speciesn.A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus
- specimenn.One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class
- speciousadj.Plausible
- spectatorn.One who beholds or looks on
- spectern.Apparition
- spectrumn.An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy
- speculatev.To pursue inquiries and form conjectures
- speculatorn.One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit
- sphericityn.The state or condition of being a sphere
- spheroidn.A body having nearly the form of a sphere
- spherometern.An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces
- spinousadj.Having spines
- spinstern.A woman who has never been married
- spontaneousadj.Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause
- sprightlyadj.Vivacious
- spuriousadj.Not genuine
- squabblev.To quarrel
- squalidadj.Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance
- squattern.One who settles on land without permission or right
- stagnantadj.Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool
- stagnatev.To become dull or inert
- stagnationn.The condition of not flowing or not changing
- stagyadj.Having a theatrical manner
- staidadj.Of a steady and sober character
- stallionn.An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding
- stanchionn.A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall
- stanzan.A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem
- statecraftn.The art of conducting state affairs
- staticadj.Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium
- staticsn.The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order
- stationaryadj.Not moving
- statisticiann.One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts
- statuesqueadj.Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue
- statuetten.A figurine
- staturen.The natural height of an animal body
- statuten.Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law
- stealthn.A concealed manner of acting
- stellaradj.Pertaining to the stars
- steppen.One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia
- sterlingadj.Genuine
- stiflev.To smother
- stigman.A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing
- stiletton.A small dagger
- stimulantn.Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action
- stimulatev.To rouse to activity or to quickened action
- stimulusn.Incentive
- stingyadj.Cheap, unwilling to spend money
- stipendn.A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance
- Stoicismn.The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure
- stolidadj.Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving
- straitn.A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water
- stratagemn.Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage
- stratumn.A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material
- streamletn.Rivulet
- stringencyn.Strictness
- stringentadj.Rigid
- striplingn.A mere youth
- studiousadj.Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge
- stultifyv.To give an appearance of foolishness to
- stupendousadj.Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree
- stuporn.Profound lethargy
- suasionn.The act of persuading
- suaveadj.Smooth and pleasant in manner
- subacidadj.Somewhat sharp or biting
- subaquaticadj.Being, formed, or operating under water
- subconsciousadj.Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception
- subjacentadj.Situated directly underneath
- subjectionn.The act of bringing into a state of submission
- subjugatev.To conquer
- subliminaladj.Being beneath the threshold of consciousness
- sublingualadj.Situated beneath the tongue
- submarineadj.Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea
- submergev.To place or plunge under water
- submergencen.The act of submerging
- submersibleadj.Capable of being put underwater
- submersionn.The act of submerging
- submissionn.A yielding to the power or authority of another
- submittaln.The act of submitting
- subordinateadj.Belonging to an inferior order in a classification
- subsequentadj.Following in time
- subserviencen.The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests
- subservientadj.Servilely following another's behests
- subsidev.To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity
- subsistv.To be maintained or sustained
- subsistencen.Sustenance
- substantiveadj.Solid
- subtendv.To extend opposite to
- subterfugen.Evasion
- subterraneanadj.Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth
- subtleadj.Discriminating
- subtrahendn.That which is to be subtracted
- subversionn.An overthrow, as from the foundation
- subvertv.To bring to ruin
- succeedv.To accomplish what is attempted or intended
- successn.A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted
- successfuladj.Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity
- successorn.One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing
- succinctadj.Concise
- succulentadj.Juicy
- succumbv.To cease to resist
- sufferancen.Toleration
- sufficiencyn.An ample or adequate supply
- suffragen.The right or privilege of voting
- suffusev.To cover or fill the surface of
- suggestibleadj.That can be suggested
- suggestiveadj.Stimulating to thought or reflection
- summaryn.An abstract
- sumptuousadj.Rich and costly
- superabundancen.An excessive amount
- superaddv.To add in addition to what has been added
- superannuatev.To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service
- superbadj.Sumptuously elegant
- superciliousadj.Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
- superficialadj.Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious
- superfluityn.That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed
- superfluousadj.Being more than is needed
- superheatv.To heat to excess
- superintendv.To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
- superintendencen.Direction and management
- superintendentn.One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement
- superlativen.That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence
- supernaturaladj.Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power
- supernumeraryadj.Superfluous
- supersedev.To displace
- supineadj.Lying on the back
- supplantv.To take the place of
- suppleadj.Easily bent
- supplementaryadj.Being an addition to
- supplicantn.One who asks humbly and earnestly
- supplicatev.To beg
- suppositionn.Conjecture
- suppressv.To prevent from being disclosed or punished
- suppressibleadj.Capable of being suppressed
- suppressionn.A forcible putting or keeping down
- supramundaneadj.Supernatural
- surchargen.An additional amount charged
- suretyn.Security for payment or performance
- surfeitv.To feed to fullness or to satiety
- surmisev.To conjecture
- surmountv.To overcome by force of will
- surreptitiousadj.Clandestine
- surrogaten.One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another
- surroundv.To encircle
- surveyorn.A land-measurer
- susceptibilityn.A specific capability of feeling or emotion
- susceptibleadj.Easily under a specified power or influence
- suspensen.Uncertainty
- suspensionn.A hanging from a support
- suspiciousadj.Inclined to doubt or mistrust
- sustenancen.Food
- swarthyadj.Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion
- Sybariten.A luxurious person
- sycophantn.A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
- syllabicadj.Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
- syllabicationn.Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
- syllablen.That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
- syllabusn.Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise
- sylphn.A slender, graceful young woman or girl
- symmetricaladj.Well-balanced
- symmetryn.Relative proportion and harmony
- sympatheticadj.Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others
- sympathizev.To share the sentiments or mental states of another
- symphonicadj.Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
- symphoniousadj.Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
- symphonyn.A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds
- synchronismn.Simultaneousness
- syndicaten.An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise
- syneresisn.The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever
- synodn.An ecclesiastical council
- synonymn.A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other
- synopsisn.A syllabus or summary
- systematicadj.Methodical