| sleepiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, somnolence |
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| sleeping | (noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | - |
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| (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| (noun) the state of being asleep | - |
| sloppiness | (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: carelessness |
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| (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, soupiness |
| (noun) a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for | Synonyms: slovenliness, unkemptness |
| (noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water | Synonyms: muddiness, wateriness |
| snipping | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snippet |
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| snoopiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, prying |
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| soapiness | (noun) the quality of being soap or being covered with soap | - |
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| somatotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, STH |
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| soupiness | (noun) the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | Synonyms: creaminess |
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| (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness |
| spin | (noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: twirl, twist, twisting, whirl |
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| (noun) a short drive in a car | - |
| (noun) rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral | Synonyms: tailspin |
| (noun) a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion) | - |
| (noun) a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) | - |
| spinach | (noun) dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads | - |
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| (noun) southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves | Synonyms: prickly-seeded spinach, spinach plant, Spinacia oleracea |
| spinal | (noun) anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord | Synonyms: spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia |
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| spindle | (noun) a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning | - |
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| (noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | Synonyms: arbor, mandrel, mandril |
| (noun) a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. | - |
| (noun) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object | Synonyms: spike |
| (noun) (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle | - |
| spindleberry | (noun) any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries | Synonyms: spindle tree, spindleberry tree |
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| spindlelegs | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
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| (noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindleshanks |
| spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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| (noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
| spindrift | (noun) spray blown up from the surface of the sea | Synonyms: spoondrift |
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| spine | (noun) a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | - |
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| (noun) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved | Synonyms: backbone |
| (noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | Synonyms: back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, vertebral column |
| (noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | Synonyms: pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn |
| (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: acantha, spur |
| spinel | (noun) a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones | - |
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| spinelessness | (noun) the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition | - |
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| spinet | (noun) early model harpsichord with only one string per note | - |
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| (noun) a small and compactly built upright piano | - |
| spininess | (noun) the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines | Synonyms: bristliness, prickliness, thorniness |
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| spinmeister | (noun) a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person | Synonyms: spin doctor |
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| spinnability | (noun) the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers) | - |
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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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| spinnbarkeit | (noun) the capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble | - |
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| spinner | (noun) fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water | - |
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| (noun) board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game | - |
| (noun) someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) | Synonyms: spinster, thread maker |
| spinney | (noun) a copse that shelters game | - |
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| spinning | (noun) creating thread | - |
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| spinster | (noun) an elderly unmarried woman | Synonyms: old maid |
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| (noun) someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) | Synonyms: spinner, thread maker |
| spinsterhood | (noun) the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) | - |
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| stickpin | (noun) a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie | - |
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| stopping | (noun) the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch | - |
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| (noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: fillet |
| stovepiping | (noun) retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers | - |
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| striping | (noun) the act of marking with stripes | - |
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| stripping | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, husking, uncovering |
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| stumping | (noun) campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) | - |
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| supination | (noun) rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward | - |
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| supinator | (noun) a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination | - |
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| supping | (noun) ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking | - |
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| sweeping | (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
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| tailspin | (noun) rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral | Synonyms: spin |
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| (noun) loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse | - |
| taping | (noun) a recording made on magnetic tape | Synonyms: tape, tape recording |
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| tapinosis | (noun) (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. | - |
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| tapping | (noun) the sound of light blow or knock | - |
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| tenpin | (noun) one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling | - |
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| tenpins | (noun) bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins | Synonyms: tenpin bowling |
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| terpinene | (noun) any of a group of isomeric hydrocarbons that are classified as terpenes. | - |
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| terrapin | (noun) any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water | - |
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| tholepin | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole |
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| thumping | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thump |
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| thyrotropin | (noun) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland | Synonyms: thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropic hormone, TSH |
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| tiepin | (noun) a pin used to hold the tie in place | Synonyms: scarfpin, tie tack |
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| timekeeping | (noun) the act or process of determining the time | - |
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| topping | (noun) a flavorful addition on top of a dish | - |
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| topspin | (noun) forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke | - |
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| transalpine | (noun) one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy | - |
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| trapping | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, housing |
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| trappings | (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: furnishing |
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| trumping | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: ruff |
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| typing | (noun) writing done with a typewriter | Synonyms: typewriting |
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| unhappiness | (noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being | Synonyms: sadness |
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| (noun) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | - |
| vaping | (noun) consumption of a vaporized nicotine solution | - |
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| walloping | (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |
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| warping | (noun) a moral or mental distortion | Synonyms: warp |
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| weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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| weepiness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: tearfulness |
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| weeping | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, tears |
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| whipping | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning |
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| (noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: beating |
| (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching |
| (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping |
| wrapping | (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrap, wrapper |
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| (noun) an enveloping bandage | Synonyms: swathe |
| yanquapin | (noun) water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds | Synonyms: American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, water chinquapin |
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| yelping | (noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | Synonyms: yelp, yip |
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