| soaker | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse |
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| (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, torrent, waterspout |
| soaking | (noun) washing something by allowing it to soak | Synonyms: soak |
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| (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: drenching, souse, sousing |
| (noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) | Synonyms: soak, soakage |
| souvlaki | (noun) made of lamb | Synonyms: souvlakia |
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| souvlakia | (noun) made of lamb | Synonyms: souvlaki |
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| speakeasy | (noun) (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | - |
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| speaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit |
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| (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer |
| speakerphone | (noun) a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time | - |
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| speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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| speaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking |
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| (noun) the utterance of intelligible speech | Synonyms: speech production |
| speechmaker | (noun) a person who delivers a speech or oration | Synonyms: orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier |
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| speechmaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speaking |
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| spinnaker | (noun) a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind | - |
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| squeak | (noun) something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeaker |
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| (noun) a short high-pitched noise | - |
| squeaker | (noun) something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak |
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| (noun) any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used | - |
| squeakiness | (noun) the state of tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak. | - |
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| stake | (noun) a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground | - |
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| (noun) instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning | - |
| (noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: post |
| (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: interest |
| stakeholder | (noun) someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | - |
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| stakeout | (noun) surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime) | - |
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| stakes | (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stake, wager |
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| steak | (noun) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
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| steakhouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: chophouse |
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| steelmaker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelman, steelworker |
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| stocktake | (noun) an instance of stocktaking | Synonyms: stock-take |
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| stocktaker | (noun) an employee whose job is to take inventory | Synonyms: stock-taker |
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| stocktaking | (noun) making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand | Synonyms: inventory, inventorying, stock-taking |
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| (noun) reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook | Synonyms: stock-taking |
| strake | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: wale |
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| streak | (noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | Synonyms: bar, stripe |
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| (noun) a distinctive characteristic | - |
| (noun) a sudden flash (as of lightning) | - |
| (noun) an unbroken series of events | Synonyms: run |
| streaker | (noun) someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place | - |
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| strikebreaker | (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, scab |
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| strikebreaking | (noun) confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers | - |
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| sukiyaki | (noun) thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce | - |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| taka | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisa | - |
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| takahe | (noun) flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules | Synonyms: notornis, Notornis mantelli |
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| take | (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | - |
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| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield |
| takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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| (noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
| takedown | (noun) a crushing remark | Synonyms: put-down, squelch, squelcher |
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| (noun) (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position | - |
| takeoff | (noun) a departure; especially of airplanes | - |
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| (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, parody |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, travesty |
| (noun) the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne | - |
| takeout | (noun) (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit | - |
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| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeaway, takeout food |
| takeover | (noun) a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | - |
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| (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch |
| taker | (noun) one who takes a bet or wager | - |
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| (noun) one who accepts an offer | - |
| takin | (noun) large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area | Synonyms: Budorcas taxicolor, gnu goat |
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| taking | (noun) the act of someone who picks up or takes something | Synonyms: pickings |
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| takings | (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, yield |
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| takoyaki | (noun) a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan | - |
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| teacake | (noun) any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea | - |
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| (noun) flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea | Synonyms: tea biscuit |
| teak | (noun) tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood | Synonyms: Tectona grandis |
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| (noun) hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | Synonyms: teakwood |
| teakettle | (noun) kettle for boiling water to make tea | - |
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| teakwood | (noun) hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | Synonyms: teak |
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| tentmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs tents | - |
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| teriyaki | (noun) beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled | - |
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| tiebreaker | (noun) overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer | - |
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| tokamak | (noun) a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle | - |
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| tombak | (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding | Synonyms: tambac, tombac |
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| toolmaker | (noun) someone skilled in making or repairing tools | - |
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| trojniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using two units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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| troublemaker | (noun) someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | Synonyms: bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troubler |
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| turakoo | (noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa | Synonyms: touraco, turaco, turacou |
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| tweak | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: pinch |
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| uakari | (noun) medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail | - |
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| unbreakableness | (noun) a consistency of something that does not break under pressure | - |
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| undertaker | (noun) one whose business is the management of funerals | Synonyms: funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician |
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| undertaking | (noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, labour, project, task |
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| (noun) the trade of a funeral director | - |
| uptake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake |
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| (noun) a process of taking up or using up or consuming | - |
| wake | (noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial | Synonyms: viewing |
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| (noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: backwash |
| (noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, backwash |
| wakeboard | (noun) a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat | Synonyms: wake board |
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| wakefulness | (noun) a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world | - |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, watchfulness |
| (noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: sleeplessness |
| wakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: awakening, waking up |
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| waker | (noun) a person who awakes | - |
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| (noun) someone who rouses others from sleep | Synonyms: arouser, rouser |
| waking | (noun) the state of remaining awake | - |
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| watchmaker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, horologist |
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| weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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| weakening | (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
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| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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| (noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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| weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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| (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
| (noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
| (noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
| wheatflake | (noun) crisp flake made from wheat | - |
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| whipsnake | (noun) any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails | Synonyms: whip-snake, whip snake |
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| wigmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
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| windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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| windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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| winemaker | (noun) someone who makes wine | Synonyms: vintner, wine maker |
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| winemaking | (noun) the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine | Synonyms: wine making |
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| yak | (noun) large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated | Synonyms: Bos grunniens |
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| (noun) noisy talk | Synonyms: cackle, chatter, yack, yakety-yak |
| yakuza | (noun) organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises | - |
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| (noun) a Japanese gangster | - |
| yashmak | (noun) the face veil worn by Muslim women | Synonyms: yashmac |
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| yellowcake | (noun) an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore | Synonyms: U308 |
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| zakat | (noun) the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship | - |
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| zamboorak | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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| zamburak | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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