| secretaryship | (noun) the position of secretary | - |
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| secretase | (noun) a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's) | - |
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| secreter | (noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: gland, secretor, secretory organ |
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| secretin | (noun) a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine | - |
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| secretion | (noun) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell | - |
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| (noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance | Synonyms: secernment |
| secretiveness | (noun) characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | Synonyms: closeness |
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| (noun) the trait of keeping things secret | Synonyms: secrecy, silence |
| secretor | (noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | Synonyms: gland, secreter, secretory organ |
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| skirret | (noun) an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root | Synonyms: Sium sisarum |
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| solleret | (noun) armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel | Synonyms: sabaton |
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| soubrette | (noun) a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy | - |
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| (noun) a pert or flirtatious young girl | - |
| squaretail | (noun) sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters | - |
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| starets | (noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
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| stretch | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretching |
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| (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reach, reaching |
| (noun) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit | - |
| (noun) a straightaway section of a racetrack | - |
| (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness |
| (noun) a large and unbroken expanse or distance | - |
| (noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something | Synonyms: stint |
| stretchability | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchiness |
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| stretcher | (noun) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | - |
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| (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, copestone, coping stone |
| (noun) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | - |
| (noun) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting | - |
| stretchiness | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchability |
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| stretching | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretch |
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| (noun) act of expanding by lengthening or widening | - |
| surety | (noun) something clearly established | - |
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| (noun) a guarantee that an obligation will be met | Synonyms: security |
| (noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | Synonyms: guarantor, warranter, warrantor |
| (noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | Synonyms: hostage |
| (noun) property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation | Synonyms: security |
| swimmeret | (noun) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | Synonyms: pleopod |
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| syncretism | (noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | - |
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| (noun) the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | - |
| taboret | (noun) a low stool in the shape of a drum | Synonyms: tabouret |
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| tabouret | (noun) a low stool in the shape of a drum | Synonyms: taboret |
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| tetrachlorethylene | (noun) anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes | Synonyms: carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene |
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| theoretician | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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| turret | (noun) a small tower extending above a building | - |
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| (noun) a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation | Synonyms: gun enclosure, gun turret |
| undersecretary | (noun) a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government | - |
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| unpretentiousness | (noun) the quality of being natural and without pretensions | - |
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| ureter | (noun) either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder | - |
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| ureteritis | (noun) inflammation of the ureter | - |
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| ureterocele | (noun) prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow | - |
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| ureterostenosis | (noun) stenosis of the ureter | - |
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| urethane | (noun) an ester of carbamic acid | - |
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| urethra | (noun) duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct | - |
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| urethritis | (noun) inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination | - |
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| urethrocele | (noun) prolapse of the urethra into the vagina | - |
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| usherette | (noun) a female usher | - |
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| vinaigrette | (noun) oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic | Synonyms: French dressing, sauce vinaigrette |
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| wiretap | (noun) the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information | Synonyms: tap |
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| wiretapper | (noun) someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire | Synonyms: phone tapper, tapper |
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| wretch | (noun) someone you feel sorry for | Synonyms: poor devil |
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| (noun) performs some wicked deed | - |
| wretchedness | (noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | - |
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| (noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, misery |
| (noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | - |