| satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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| saurel | (noun) large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | Synonyms: horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus |
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| (noun) a California food fish | Synonyms: horse mackerel, jack mackerel, Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus |
| sawbill | (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sheldrake |
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| sawmill | (noun) a mill for dressing logs and lumber | Synonyms: lumbermill |
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| (noun) a large sawing machine | - |
| scalpel | (noun) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery | - |
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| scandal | (noun) disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people | Synonyms: dirt, malicious gossip |
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| (noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: outrage |
| schlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: shlemiel |
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| schlimazel | (noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | Synonyms: shlimazel |
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| schnitzel | (noun) deep-fried breaded veal cutlets | Synonyms: Wiener schnitzel |
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| schnorchel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| schnorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| school | (noun) a building where young people receive education | Synonyms: schoolhouse |
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| (noun) the process of being formally educated at a school | Synonyms: schooling |
| (noun) an educational institution | - |
| (noun) a large group of fish | Synonyms: shoal |
| (noun) a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers | - |
| (noun) an educational institution's faculty and students | - |
| (noun) the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session | Synonyms: school day, schooltime |
| schoolgirl | (noun) a girl attending school | - |
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| schorl | (noun) black tourmaline | - |
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| schtickl | (noun) a really little shtik | Synonyms: schtikl, shtickl, shtikl |
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| schtikl | (noun) a really little shtik | Synonyms: schtickl, shtickl, shtikl |
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| scissortail | (noun) grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings | Synonyms: Muscivora-forficata, scissortailed flycatcher |
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| scoopful | (noun) the quantity a scoop will hold | Synonyms: scoop |
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| scoundrel | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: villain |
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| scowl | (noun) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure | Synonyms: frown |
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| scrawl | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble |
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| screwball | (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
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| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
| scroll | (noun) a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) | Synonyms: roll |
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| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, whorl |
| scull | (noun) a racing shell that is propelled by sculls | - |
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| (noun) each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman | - |
| (noun) a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward | - |
| seafowl | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seabird |
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| seagull | (noun) mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | Synonyms: gull, sea gull |
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| seal | (noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions | - |
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| (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: stamp |
| (noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters | Synonyms: sealing wax |
| (noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure | - |
| (noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture | - |
| (noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval |
| (noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) | - |
| (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: sealskin |
| seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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| seasnail | (noun) small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish | Synonyms: Liparis liparis, sea snail, snailfish |
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| (noun) any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids | - |
| seasonal | (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
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| seawall | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole |
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| seckel | (noun) small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear | Synonyms: seckel pear |
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| secobarbital | (noun) barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions | Synonyms: red devil, secobarbital sodium, Seconal |
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| sectional | (noun) a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together | - |
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| seidel | (noun) a glass for beer | - |
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| sell | (noun) the activity of persuading someone to buy | - |
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| semicentennial | (noun) the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: semicentenary |
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| semifinal | (noun) one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | Synonyms: semi |
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| semiprofessional | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semipro |
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| semivowel | (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: glide |
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| seneschal | (noun) the chief steward or butler of a great household | Synonyms: major-domo |
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| sentinel | (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentry, spotter, watch |
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| sepal | (noun) one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower | - |
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| sequel | (noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: continuation |
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| (noun) something that follows something else | Synonyms: subsequence |
| serail | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, harem, seraglio |
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| 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 |
| serval | (noun) slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | Synonyms: Felis serval |
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| sesquicentennial | (noun) the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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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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| shawl | (noun) cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders | - |
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| shekel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Israel | - |
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| shelfful | (noun) the amount that a shelf will hold | - |
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| shell | (noun) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod | - |
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| (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shield |
| (noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun | - |
| (noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, scale |
| (noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, casing |
| (noun) a very light narrow racing boat | Synonyms: racing shell |
| (noun) a rigid covering that envelops an object | - |
| (noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: eggshell |
| (noun) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts | - |
| (noun) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | - |
| shill | (noun) a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others | - |
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| shirttail | (noun) fabric forming the tail of a shirt | - |
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| (noun) a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article | - |
| shlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: schlemiel |
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| shlimazel | (noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | Synonyms: schlimazel |
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| shoal | (noun) a large group of fish | Synonyms: school |
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| (noun) a stretch of shallow water | Synonyms: shallow |
| (noun) a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide | - |
| shoebill | (noun) large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe | Synonyms: Balaeniceps rex, shoebird |
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| shoeful | (noun) the amount that a shoe will hold | - |
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| shortfall | (noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | Synonyms: deficit, shortage |
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| shovel | (noun) a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle | - |
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| (noun) a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace | - |
| (noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, excavator, power shovel |
| (noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovelful, spadeful |
| shovelful | (noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovel, spadeful |
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| showgirl | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorine, chorus girl |
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| shrapnel | (noun) shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
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| shtickl | (noun) a really little shtik | Synonyms: schtickl, schtikl, shtikl |
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| shtikl | (noun) a really little shtik | Synonyms: schtickl, schtikl, shtickl |
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| sial | (noun) the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum | - |
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| sibyl | (noun) (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet | - |
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| (noun) a woman who tells fortunes | - |
| sidewall | (noun) a wall that forms the side of a structure | - |
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| (noun) the side of an automobile tire | - |
| signal | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
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| (noun) any incitement to action | - |
| (noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
| sildenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: sildenafil citrate, Viagra |
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| sill | (noun) structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure | - |
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| (noun) (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock | - |
| simal | (noun) East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok | Synonyms: Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree |
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| simnel | (noun) a crisp bread of fine white flour | - |
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| (noun) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas | - |
| sisal | (noun) Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope | Synonyms: Agave sisalana |
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| (noun) a plant fiber used for making rope | Synonyms: sisal hemp |
| skepful | (noun) the quantity a skep can hold | - |
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| skill | (noun) ability to produce solutions in some problem domain | Synonyms: science |
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| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment |
| skinful | (noun) a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk | - |
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| skirl | (noun) the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe | - |
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| skull | (noun) the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | - |
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| skysail | (noun) the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | - |
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| small | (noun) a garment size for a small person | - |
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| (noun) the slender part of the back | - |
| smell | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smelling |
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| (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent |
| (noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell |
| (noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone |
| snail | (noun) freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell | - |
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| (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: escargot |
| snarl | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, tangle |
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| (noun) a vicious angry growl | - |
| (noun) an angry vicious expression | - |
| snivel | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: sniveling |
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| (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snuffle |
| snorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel breather |
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| (noun) breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water | - |
| snowball | (noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) | - |
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| (noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup | - |
| (noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce | - |
| (noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | Synonyms: Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
| snowbell | (noun) small tree native to Japan | Synonyms: Styrax obassia |
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| snowfall | (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snow |
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| social | (noun) a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity | Synonyms: mixer, sociable |
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| softball | (noun) a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger | Synonyms: softball game |
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| (noun) ball used in playing softball | - |
| soil | (noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | Synonyms: territory |
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| (noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | Synonyms: ground, land |
| (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, grunge, stain |
| (noun) the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | Synonyms: dirt |
| sol | (noun) the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization | Synonyms: so, soh |
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| (noun) a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid | Synonyms: colloidal solution, colloidal suspension |
| sorrel | (noun) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color | - |
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| (noun) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces | Synonyms: common sorrel |
| (noun) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine | Synonyms: dock, sour grass |
| (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis | Synonyms: oxalis, wood sorrel |
| (noun) East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber | Synonyms: Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle |
| soul | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone |
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| (noun) the human embodiment of something | - |
| (noun) a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s | - |
| (noun) deep feeling or emotion | Synonyms: soulfulness |
| (noun) the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life | Synonyms: psyche |
| sourball | (noun) round piece of tart hard candy | - |
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| spadeful | (noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovel, shovelful |
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| spall | (noun) a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge | Synonyms: spawl |
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