| pennyweight | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains | - |
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| pewee | (noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee |
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| pickerelweed | (noun) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds | Synonyms: pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata, wampee |
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| pigweed | (noun) leaves collected from the wild | Synonyms: lamb's-quarter, wild spinach |
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| (noun) common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb | Synonyms: Chenopodium album, lamb's-quarters, wild spinach |
| (noun) leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China | Synonyms: Amaranthus hypochondriacus |
| pineweed | (noun) annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Hypericum gentianoides, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed |
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| plower | (noun) a man who plows | Synonyms: ploughman, plowman |
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| pokeweed | (noun) perennial of the genus Phytolacca | - |
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| pondweed | (noun) any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae | - |
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| (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea |
| power | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: powerfulness |
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| (noun) physical strength | Synonyms: might, mightiness |
| (noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: ability |
| (noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: exponent, index |
| (noun) a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | Synonyms: great power, major power, superpower, world power |
| (noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: force |
| (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon |
| (noun) (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) | - |
| (noun) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor | Synonyms: electrical energy, electricity |
| (noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: office |
| powerboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: motorboat |
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| powerbroker | (noun) a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control | Synonyms: power broker |
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| powerfulness | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: power |
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| powerhouse | (noun) an electrical generating station | Synonyms: power plant, power station |
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| (noun) a team considered to be the best of its class | - |
| (noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo |
| powerlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | Synonyms: impotence, impotency |
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| prowess | (noun) a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation | Synonyms: art, artistry |
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| rabbitweed | (noun) low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads | Synonyms: broom snakeroot, broom snakeweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae, rabbit-weed, snakeweed, turpentine weed |
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| ragweed | (noun) any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | Synonyms: ambrosia, bitterweed |
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| (noun) widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity | Synonyms: benweed, ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort |
| reviewer | (noun) a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day | Synonyms: commentator |
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| (noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: reader, referee |
| richweed | (noun) a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves | Synonyms: clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla |
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| (noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, horseweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot |
| rockweed | (noun) coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide | - |
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| rosinweed | (noun) North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers | Synonyms: Silphium laciniatum |
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| (noun) any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: gum plant, gumweed, tarweed |
| rowel | (noun) a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
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| rower | (noun) someone who rows a boat | - |
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| safflower | (noun) thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil | Synonyms: Carthamus tinctorius, false saffron |
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| scorpionweed | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: phacelia, scorpion weed |
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| seaweed | (noun) plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae | - |
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| semivowel | (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: glide |
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| semiweekly | (noun) a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year) | - |
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| sewellel | (noun) bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent | Synonyms: Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver |
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| sewer | (noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | Synonyms: cloaca, sewerage |
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| (noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: gutter, toilet |
| (noun) someone who sews | - |
| sewerage | (noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | Synonyms: cloaca, sewer |
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| (noun) waste matter carried away in sewers or drains | Synonyms: sewage |
| shadflower | (noun) annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules | Synonyms: Draba verna, shad-flower, whitlow grass |
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| shadower | (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadow, tail |
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| shellflower | (noun) showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple | Synonyms: Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead |
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| (noun) cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes | Synonyms: Alpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger |
| shower | (noun) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle | Synonyms: shower bath |
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| (noun) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you | - |
| (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: cascade |
| (noun) a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person | - |
| (noun) a brief period of precipitation | Synonyms: rain shower |
| (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitioner, exhibitor |
| showerhead | (noun) a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather | - |
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| silkweed | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts | Synonyms: milkweed |
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| silverweed | (noun) any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers | - |
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| (noun) low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States, Europe, Asia | Synonyms: goose-tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina |
| skewer | (noun) a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted | - |
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| skunkweed | (noun) tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell | Synonyms: Polemonium viscosum, skunk-weed |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| snailflower | (noun) perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus | Synonyms: corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, Vigna caracalla |
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| snakeweed | (noun) low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads | Synonyms: broom snakeroot, broom snakeweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, turpentine weed |
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| sneezeweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing | - |
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| soapweed | (noun) tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States | Synonyms: soap-weed, soap tree, Yucca elata |
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| sorrower | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, lamenter, mourner |
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| southwest | (noun) a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwestward, SW |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point | - |
| southwester | (noun) a strong wind from the southwest | Synonyms: sou'wester |
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| southwestward | (noun) the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees | Synonyms: sou'-west, southwest, SW |
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| sower | (noun) someone who sows | - |
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| speedwell | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: veronica |
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| spewer | (noun) a person who vomits | Synonyms: vomiter |
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| spiderflower | (noun) any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers | Synonyms: cleome |
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| spoonflower | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| stairwell | (noun) a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
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| starflower | (noun) common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, summer snowflake |
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| stickweed | (noun) any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing | - |
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| stinkweed | (noun) foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America | Synonyms: fanweed, field pennycress, French weed, mithridate mustard, penny grass, Thlaspi arvense |
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| strawflower | (noun) Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers | Synonyms: golden everlasting, Helichrysum bracteatum, yellow paper daisy |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Helipterum | - |
| (noun) plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried | Synonyms: cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora |
| subtweeting | (noun) the act of tweeting without tagging a user so that they will not see the post | - |
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| sunflower | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays | Synonyms: helianthus |
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| superpower | (noun) a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | Synonyms: great power, major power, power, world power |
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| swanflower | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan | Synonyms: swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanneck |
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| swearer | (noun) someone who takes a solemn oath | - |
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| (noun) someone who uses profanity | - |
| swearing | (noun) a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury | Synonyms: oath |
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| (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearword |
| swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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| sweat | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail |
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| (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sudor |
| (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface | - |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither |
| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| sweatbox | (noun) a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat | - |
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| (noun) small or narrow cell | - |
| sweater | (noun) a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body | Synonyms: jumper |
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| (noun) a person who perspires | Synonyms: perspirer |
| sweating | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation |
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| sweatpants | (noun) loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes | Synonyms: sweat pants |
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| sweats | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweatsuit, workout suit |
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| sweatshirt | (noun) cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity | - |
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| sweatshop | (noun) factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry | - |
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| sweatsuit | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweats, workout suit |
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| swede | (noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food | Synonyms: rutabaga, swedish turnip, yellow turnip |
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| (noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage |
| sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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| (noun) a movement in an arc | - |
| (noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
| (noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
| (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
| sweeper | (noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | - |
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| (noun) a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet | Synonyms: carpet sweeper |
| (noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) | - |
| sweeping | (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| sweet | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweetness |
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| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness |
| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: confection |
| (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: afters, dessert |
| sweetbread | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbreads |
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| sweetbreads | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbread |
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| sweetbriar | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbrier |
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| sweetbrier | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar |
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| sweetener | (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure |
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| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetening |
| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| sweetheart | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
| (noun) any well-liked individual | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
| sweetie | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, truelove |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart |
| sweetleaf | (noun) small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Symplocus tinctoria |
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| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| sweetness | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
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| (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence |
| (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: pleasantness |
| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweet |
| sweetpea | (noun) climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | Synonyms: Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea |
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| sweetsop | (noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: annon, sugar apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: Annona squamosa, sweetsop tree |
| swell | (noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | - |
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| (noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | Synonyms: crestless wave |
| (noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | - |
| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
| swellhead | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, egotist |
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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 |
| swerve | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerving, veering |
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| (noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: yaw |