| seine | (noun) a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom | - |
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| serine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine | - |
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| serotine | (noun) common brown bat of Europe | Synonyms: Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat |
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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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| setline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: spiller, trawl, trawl line, trotline |
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| shine | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency |
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| shoeshine | (noun) the act of shining shoes | - |
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| (noun) a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing | - |
| shoreline | (noun) a boundary line between land and water | - |
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| shrine | (noun) a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person | - |
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| sideline | (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, spare-time activity |
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| (noun) an auxiliary line of merchandise | - |
| (noun) a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field | Synonyms: out of bounds |
| silvervine | (noun) ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings | Synonyms: Actinidia polygama, silver vine |
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| simazine | (noun) a herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops) | - |
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| sine | (noun) ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: sin |
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| skyline | (noun) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | Synonyms: apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon |
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| (noun) the outline of objects seen against the sky | - |
| slackline | (noun) a partially tensioned line for balance or walking | - |
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| snapline | (noun) a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface | Synonyms: chalk line, snap line |
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| sourdine | (noun) an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound | - |
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| (noun) a mute for a violin | Synonyms: sordino |
| 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 |
| spline | (noun) a thin strip (wood or metal) | Synonyms: slat |
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| (noun) a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines | - |
| storyline | (noun) the plot of a book or play or film | Synonyms: plot line |
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| strapline | (noun) a secondary heading, especially one printed above another. | - |
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| strychnine | (noun) an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant | - |
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| submarine | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, sub |
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| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
| subroutine | (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, procedure, routine, subprogram |
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| succinylcholine | (noun) a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures | - |
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| sulfadiazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections | - |
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| sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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| sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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| sulfapyridine | (noun) sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide | - |
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| sunshine | (noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | Synonyms: cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness |
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| (noun) the rays of the sun | Synonyms: sun, sunlight |
| (noun) moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities | Synonyms: fair weather, temperateness |
| swine | (noun) stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals | - |
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| sylvine | (noun) a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds | Synonyms: sylvite |
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| tambourine | (noun) a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | - |
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| tangerine | (noun) a reddish to vivid orange color | - |
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| (noun) any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa | - |
| (noun) a variety of mandarin orange, known in Telugu and Portugal as kamala kaya and in Australia as a mandarin | Synonyms: tangerine tree |
| tapeline | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths | Synonyms: tape, tape measure |
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| taurine | (noun) a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals | - |
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| terbinafine | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Lamisil |
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| terrine | (noun) a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole | - |
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| tetracaine | (noun) a crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic | - |
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| tetracycline | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections | Synonyms: Achromycin |
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| tetraiodothyronine | (noun) hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells | Synonyms: T, thyroxin, thyroxine |
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| tetramethyldiarsine | (noun) a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air | Synonyms: cacodyl |
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| theine | (noun) caffeine when present in tea. | - |
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| theophylline | (noun) a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator | Synonyms: Elixophyllin, Slo-Bid, Theobid |
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| thiamine | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth | Synonyms: aneurin, antiberiberi factor, thiamin, vitamin B1 |
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| thiazine | (noun) a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom | - |
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| thiodiphenylamine | (noun) a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites | Synonyms: phenothiazine |
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| thioguanine | (noun) an antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias | - |
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| thioridazine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Synonyms: Mellaril |
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| threonine | (noun) a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition | - |
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| thylacine | (noun) rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct | Synonyms: Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus |
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| thymidine | (noun) a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose | Synonyms: deoxythymidine |
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| thymine | (noun) a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine | Synonyms: T |
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| thyronine | (noun) a phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative | - |
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| thyroxine | (noun) hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells | Synonyms: T, tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin |
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| timberline | (noun) line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes | Synonyms: timber line, tree line |
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| timeline | (noun) a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom) | - |
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| tine | (noun) prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler | - |
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| tolazoline | (noun) vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis) | - |
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| tontine | (noun) an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant | - |
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| (noun) a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members | Synonyms: tontine insurance |
| touchline | (noun) either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby | - |
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| tourmaline | (noun) a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones | - |
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| towline | (noun) (nautical) a rope used in towing | Synonyms: towing line, towing rope, towrope |
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| tramline | (noun) the track on which trams or streetcars run | Synonyms: streetcar track, tramway |
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| trampoline | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling | - |
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| transalpine | (noun) one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy | - |
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| tranylcypromine | (noun) an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate | - |
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| trephine | (noun) a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull | Synonyms: trepan |
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| triazine | (noun) any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring | - |
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| triiodothyronine | (noun) thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer | Synonyms: liothyronine, T |
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| trimipramine | (noun) tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia | Synonyms: Surmontil |
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| trine | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
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| triphosphopyridine | (noun) a pyridine ring with three phosphorus groups | - |
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| trotline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, spiller, trawl, trawl line |
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| tsine | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, banting, Bos banteng |
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| tubocurarine | (noun) a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles | Synonyms: curare |
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| turbine | (noun) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | - |
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| turpentine | (noun) an oleoresin obtained from conifers (especially pines) | Synonyms: gum terpentine |
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| (noun) volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally | Synonyms: oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps |
| twine | (noun) a lightweight cord | Synonyms: string |
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| tyramine | (noun) amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer | - |
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| tyrocidine | (noun) a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin | Synonyms: tyrocidin |
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| tyrosine | (noun) an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones | - |
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| ultramarine | (noun) a vivid blue to purple-blue color | - |
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| (noun) blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli | Synonyms: ultramarine blue |
| underline | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underscore |
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| undine | (noun) any of various female water spirits | - |
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| undiscipline | (noun) the trait of lacking discipline | Synonyms: indiscipline |
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| urine | (noun) liquid excretory product | Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, water, weewee |
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| vaccine | (noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies | Synonyms: vaccinum |
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| valentine | (noun) a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day | - |
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| valine | (noun) an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults | - |
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| vicereine | (noun) governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | Synonyms: viceroy |
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| (noun) wife of a viceroy | - |
| vinblastine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division | Synonyms: Velban |
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| vincristine | (noun) periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system | Synonyms: Oncovin |
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| vine | (noun) a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface | - |
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| vitrine | (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: case, display case, showcase |
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| viverrine | (noun) small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World | Synonyms: viverrine mammal |
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| waistline | (noun) the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | Synonyms: waist |
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| waterline | (noun) a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship | Synonyms: water level, water line |
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| whine | (noun) a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way | Synonyms: whimper |
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| wine | (noun) a red as dark as red wine | Synonyms: wine-colored, wine-coloured |
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| (noun) fermented juice (of grapes especially) | Synonyms: vino |