| serial | (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: series |
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| (noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial publication, series |
| serialisation | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialization |
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| serialism | (noun) 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition | Synonyms: serial music |
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| serialization | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialisation |
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| sericterium | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: serictery, silk gland |
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| serictery | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: sericterium, silk gland |
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| sericulture | (noun) the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | - |
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| (noun) raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk | - |
| sericulturist | (noun) a producer of raw silk | - |
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| seriema | (noun) Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama | Synonyms: Cariama cristata, crested cariama |
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| (noun) Argentinian Cariama | Synonyms: chunga, Chunga burmeisteri |
| series | (noun) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions | - |
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| (noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial, serial publication |
| (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: serial |
| (noun) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | - |
| (noun) similar things placed in order or happening one after another | - |
| (noun) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | - |
| (noun) (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | - |
| serif | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: seriph |
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| serigraph | (noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil | Synonyms: silk screen print, silkscreen |
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| serigraphy | (noun) the act of making a print by the silkscreen method | - |
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| serin | (noun) any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe | - |
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| serine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine | - |
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| seriocomedy | (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: tragicomedy |
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| seriousness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity |
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| (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: distressfulness |
| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: earnestness, sincerity |
| seriph | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: serif |
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| serjeant | (noun) an English barrister of the highest rank | Synonyms: sergeant-at-law, sergeant, serjeant-at-law |
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| sermon | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, preaching |
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| (noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: preaching |
| sermoniser | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer |
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| sermonism | (noun) the conceptualism of Abelard. | - |
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| sermonizer | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermoniser |
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| serologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in serology | - |
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| serology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease | - |
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| serosa | (noun) a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: serous membrane |
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| serotine | (noun) common brown bat of Europe | Synonyms: Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat |
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| serotonin | (noun) a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory | Synonyms: 5-hydroxytryptamine |
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| serow | (noun) short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia | - |
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| serpent | (noun) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | Synonyms: ophidian, snake |
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| (noun) an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake | - |
| (noun) a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited | - |
| serranid | (noun) marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters | Synonyms: serranid fish |
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| serration | (noun) a single notch in a row of notches | - |
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| (noun) a row of notches | - |
| (noun) the condition of being serrated | - |
| serratus | (noun) any of several muscles of the trunk | Synonyms: serratus muscles |
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| sertindole | (noun) an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. | - |
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| sertraline | (noun) a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft) | Synonyms: Zoloft |
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| sertularian | (noun) feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps | - |
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| serum | (noun) an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | Synonyms: blood serum |
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| serval | (noun) slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | Synonyms: Felis serval |
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| servant | (noun) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | Synonyms: retainer |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, handmaiden |
| serve | (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: service |
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| server | (noun) utensil used in serving food or drink | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: host |
| (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: waiter |
| (noun) (court games) the player who serves to start a point | - |
| service | (noun) an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance | - |
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| (noun) the act of public worship following prescribed rules | Synonyms: divine service, religious service |
| (noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | Synonyms: serve |
| (noun) the act of mating by male animals | Synonyms: servicing |
| (noun) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | Synonyms: service of process, serving |
| (noun) periodic maintenance on a car or machine | Synonyms: inspection and repair, overhaul |
| (noun) the performance of duties by a waiter or servant | - |
| (noun) employment in or work for another | - |
| (noun) work done by one person or group that benefits another | - |
| (noun) (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him | - |
| (noun) tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table | Synonyms: table service |
| (noun) a means of serving | Synonyms: avail, help |
| (noun) a force that is a branch of the armed forces | Synonyms: armed service, military service |
| (noun) a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | - |
| serviceability | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceableness, usability, usableness, useableness |
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| serviceableness | (noun) the quality of being able to provide good service | Synonyms: serviceability, usability, usableness, useableness |
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| serviceberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, shadberry |
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| (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, shadblow, shadbush |
| serviceman | (noun) someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | Synonyms: man, military man, military personnel |
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| services | (noun) performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others | - |
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| servicing | (noun) the act of mating by male animals | Synonyms: service |
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| serviette | (noun) a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing | Synonyms: napkin, table napkin |
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| servility | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience |
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| serving | (noun) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | Synonyms: service, service of process |
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| (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | Synonyms: helping, portion |
| servitor | (noun) someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else | - |
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| servitude | (noun) state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment | - |
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| servo | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servomechanism, servosystem |
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| servomechanism | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servosystem |
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| servosystem | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servomechanism |
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| socialiser | (noun) a person who takes part in social activities | Synonyms: socializer |
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| specialiser | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialist, specializer |
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| stabiliser | (noun) a device for making something stable | Synonyms: stabilizer |
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| standardiser | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardizer |
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| steeplechaser | (noun) a horse trained to run in steeplechases | - |
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| steriliser | (noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments | Synonyms: autoclave, sterilizer |
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| stripteaser | (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist |
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| subservience | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, servility |
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| (noun) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan | - |
| (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservientness |
| subservientness | (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservience |
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| subsidiser | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidizer |
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| subvocaliser | (noun) someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds | Synonyms: subvocalizer |
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| suppresser | (noun) an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents | Synonyms: suppressor |
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| (noun) a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) | Synonyms: suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene |
| (noun) someone who suppresses | Synonyms: suppressor |
| surpriser | (noun) a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim | - |
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| syllogiser | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogist, syllogizer |
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| symboliser | (noun) someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols | Synonyms: symbolist, symbolizer |
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| sympathiser | (noun) someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful | Synonyms: sympathizer, well-wisher |
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| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: comforter, sympathizer |
| synchroniser | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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| synthesiser | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesizer |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesist, synthesizer |
| systematiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematist, systematizer, systemiser, systemizer |
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| systemiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemizer |
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| tantaliser | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantalizer |
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| teaser | (noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | Synonyms: tormenter, tormentor |
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| (noun) a device for teasing wool | - |
| (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: mystifier, puzzle, puzzler |
| (noun) an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest | - |
| (noun) an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show | - |
| (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, tease, vexer |
| (noun) a worker who teases wool | - |
| temporiser | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporizer |
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| tenderiser | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderizer |
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| tessera | (noun) a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics | - |
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| tesseract | (noun) the four-dimensional analogue of a cube | - |
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| theologiser | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | Synonyms: theologian, theologist, theologizer |
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| theoriser | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theorist, theorizer |
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| timeserver | (noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage | - |
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| tosser | (noun) someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward) | - |
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| (noun) terms of abuse for a masturbator | Synonyms: jerk-off, wanker |
| totaliser | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totalizer |
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| (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totalizator, totalizer |
| tranquilliser | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquillizer |
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| traverser | (noun) someone who moves or passes across | - |
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| trespasser | (noun) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | Synonyms: interloper, intruder |
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| trouser | (noun) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers | - |
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| trousering | (noun) any fabric used to make trousers | Synonyms: panting |
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| trousers | (noun) (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | Synonyms: pair of trousers, pant |
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| tusser | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tussore, tussur |
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| ultraconservative | (noun) an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism | Synonyms: extreme right-winger, reactionary |
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| unassertiveness | (noun) diffidence about self promotion | - |
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| user | (noun) a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something | - |
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| (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: exploiter |
| (noun) a person who takes drugs | Synonyms: drug user, substance abuser |
| utiliser | (noun) someone who puts to good use | Synonyms: utilizer |
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| vaporiser | (noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | Synonyms: vaporizer |
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| verbaliser | (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer |
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