| rugose | (adjective) of leaves; ridged or wrinkled | - |
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| scapose | (adjective) resembling or consisting of a scape; having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground | - |
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| semicomatose | (adjective) in a state of partial coma | - |
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| setose | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny |
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| sinistrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from right to left | Synonyms: sinistrorsal |
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| sparse | (adjective) not dense | Synonyms: thin |
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| spinose | (adjective) armed with spines | - |
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| squamulose | (adjective) covered with tiny scales | - |
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| stepwise | (adjective) one thing at a time | Synonyms: bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step |
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| streetwise | (adjective) having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment | Synonyms: street smart, with-it |
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| sunrise | (adjective) of an industry or technology; new and developing | - |
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| tense | (adjective) taut or rigid; stretched tight | - |
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| (adjective) pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') | - |
| (adjective) in or of a state of physical or nervous tension | - |
| terse | (adjective) brief and to the point; effectively cut short | Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic |
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| thwartwise | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, transversal, transverse |
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| tomentose | (adjective) covered with densely matted filaments | - |
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| (adjective) densely covered with short matted woolly hairs | Synonyms: tomentous |
| torulose | (adjective) of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals | - |
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| transverse | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, thwartwise, transversal |
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| unwise | (adjective) showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom | - |
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| (adjective) not appropriate to the purpose | Synonyms: inexpedient |
| uppercase | (adjective) relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case | - |
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| varicose | (adjective) abnormally swollen or knotty | - |
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| venose | (adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins | Synonyms: veined, veinlike |
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| ventricose | (adjective) having a swelling on one side | Synonyms: ventricous |
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| verbose | (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, windy, wordy |
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| verrucose | (adjective) (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts | Synonyms: wartlike, warty |
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| wise | (adjective) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment | - |
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| (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart |
| (adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information | Synonyms: knowing, wise to |
| (adjective) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | Synonyms: heady, judicious |
| worse | (adjective) (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability | - |
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| (adjective) changed for the worse in health or fitness | Synonyms: worsened |