| ridgeling | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgel, ridgil, ridgling |
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| ridgling | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil |
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| rifling | (noun) the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm | Synonyms: grooving |
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| rippling | (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: riffle, ripple, wavelet |
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| rolling | (noun) propelling something on wheels | Synonyms: wheeling |
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| (noun) the act of robbing a helpless person | - |
| (noun) a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | Synonyms: peal, pealing, roll |
| rosemaling | (noun) a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs | - |
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| ruling | (noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: opinion |
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| rumbling | (noun) a loud low dull continuous noise | Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, rumble |
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| rustling | (noun) the stealing of cattle | - |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, whisper, whispering |
| sailing | (noun) riding in a sailboat | - |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, seafaring |
| (noun) the departure of a vessel from a port | - |
| (noun) the activity of flying a glider | Synonyms: glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring |
| sampling | (noun) (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study | - |
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| (noun) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) | - |
| (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample, sample distribution |
| sanderling | (noun) small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world | Synonyms: Crocethia alba |
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| sapling | (noun) young tree | - |
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| scaling | (noun) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: grading |
| (noun) ascent by or as if by a ladder | - |
| scantling | (noun) an upright in house framing | Synonyms: stud |
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| scheduling | (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, programming |
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| schilling | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | Synonyms: Austrian schilling |
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| schooling | (noun) the act of teaching at school | - |
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| (noun) the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage) | - |
| (noun) the process of being formally educated at a school | Synonyms: school |
| sculling | (noun) rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | - |
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| sealing | (noun) the act of treating something to make it repel water | Synonyms: waterproofing |
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| seedling | (noun) young plant or tree grown from a seed | - |
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| selling | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, merchandising |
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| settling | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: subsidence, subsiding |
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| settlings | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: dregs |
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| shambling | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle, shuffling |
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| shelling | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment |
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| shilling | (noun) an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound | - |
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| (noun) a former monetary unit in Great Britain | Synonyms: bob, British shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Kenyan shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Somalian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Tanzanian shilling |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Ugandan shilling |
| shingling | (noun) the laying on of shingles | - |
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| (noun) (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction | - |
| shrilling | (noun) a continuing shrill noise | - |
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| shuffling | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffle |
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| (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffle |
| sibling | (noun) a person's brother or sister | Synonyms: sib |
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| signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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| signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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| sling | (noun) bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck | Synonyms: scarf bandage, triangular bandage |
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| (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, slingshot |
| (noun) a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released | - |
| (noun) a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel | Synonyms: slingback |
| (noun) a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice | - |
| slingback | (noun) a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel | Synonyms: sling |
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| slinger | (noun) a person who uses a sling to throw something | - |
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| slinging | (noun) throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) | - |
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| slingshot | (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, sling |
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| smelling | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smell |
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| smiling | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, grinning, smile |
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| smuggling | (noun) secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
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| sniveling | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: snivel |
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| snorkeling | (noun) skin diving with a snorkel | Synonyms: snorkel diving |
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| snuggling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching |
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| sociolinguist | (noun) a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication | - |
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| sociolinguistics | (noun) the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context | - |
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| soiling | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: dirtying, soilure |
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| sparkling | (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle |
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| sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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| (noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
| spelling | (noun) forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage | - |
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| spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |
| sprawling | (noun) an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about | Synonyms: sprawl |
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| sprinkling | (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: aspersion |
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| (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
| (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkle |
| (noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: scattering |
| stabling | (noun) accommodation for animals (especially for horses) | - |
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| stalling | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stall |
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| starling | (noun) gregarious birds native to the Old World | - |
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| starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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| stealing | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | Synonyms: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving |
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| (noun) avoiding detection by moving carefully | Synonyms: stealth |
| sterling | (noun) British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK | - |
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| stifling | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: crushing, quelling, suppression |
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| stockpiling | (noun) accumulating and storing a reserve supply | - |
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| stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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| strangling | (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | Synonyms: choking, strangulation, throttling |
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| stripling | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, teen, teenager |
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| suckling | (noun) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | Synonyms: lactation |
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| (noun) a young mammal that has not been weaned | - |
| (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nurseling, nursling |
| swashbuckling | (noun) flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior | - |
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| swelling | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, puffiness |
| swilling | (noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | Synonyms: gulping, guzzling |
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| tailing | (noun) the act of following someone secretly | Synonyms: shadowing |
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| teetotaling | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotalism |
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| teleselling | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telecommerce, telemarketing |
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| telling | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: apprisal, notification |
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| (noun) an act of narration | Synonyms: recounting, relation |
| (noun) disclosing information or giving evidence about another | Synonyms: singing, tattle |
| throttling | (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | Synonyms: choking, strangling, strangulation |
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| tickling | (noun) the act of tickling | Synonyms: tickle, titillation |
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| tiling | (noun) the application of tiles to cover a surface | - |
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| tilling | (noun) cultivation of the land in order to raise crops | - |
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| tingling | (noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | Synonyms: prickling, tingle |
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| toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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| towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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| trailing | (noun) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | Synonyms: tracking |
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| trampling | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trample |
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| traveling | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: travel, travelling |
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| travelling | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: travel, traveling |
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| trembling | (noun) a shaky motion | Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration |
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| trifling | (noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working | Synonyms: dalliance, dawdling |
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| tripling | (noun) increase by a factor of three | - |
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| trolling | (noun) angling by drawing a baited line through the water | Synonyms: troll |
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| truckling | (noun) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) | - |
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| tumbling | (noun) the gymnastic moves of an acrobat | Synonyms: acrobatics |
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| twinkling | (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, wink |
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| underling | (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary |
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| unfeelingness | (noun) devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness | Synonyms: callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility |
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| unsnarling | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: disentanglement, extrication, untangling |
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| untangling | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling |
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| unveiling | (noun) the act of beginning something new | Synonyms: debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching |
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| (noun) putting on display for the first time | - |
| unwillingness | (noun) the trait of being unwilling | Synonyms: involuntariness |
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| veiling | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, netting |
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| vetchling | (noun) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | - |
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| wailing | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: bawling |
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| wangling | (noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery | Synonyms: wangle |
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