| sense | (noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | Synonyms: sensation, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency |
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| (noun) sound practical judgment | Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit |
| (noun) a general conscious awareness | - |
| (noun) a natural appreciation or ability | - |
| (noun) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | Synonyms: signified |
| shikse | (noun) a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women | Synonyms: shiksa |
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| showcase | (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: case, display case, vitrine |
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| (noun) a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | Synonyms: show window |
| shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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| siamese | (noun) an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building | Synonyms: siamese connection |
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| sise | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, six, sixer, VI |
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| slaughterhouse | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, shambles |
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| smokehouse | (noun) a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | Synonyms: meat house |
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| somatosense | (noun) any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | - |
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| souse | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: drenching, soaking, sousing |
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| (noun) pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled | - |
| (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker |
| spouse | (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, partner |
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| stachyose | (noun) a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke | - |
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| staircase | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: stairway |
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| steakhouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: chophouse |
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| steeplechase | (noun) a horse race over an obstructed course | - |
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| (noun) a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump | - |
| storehouse | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, entrepot, storage, store |
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| streptodornase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase) | - |
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| streptokinase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism | - |
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| striptease | (noun) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music | Synonyms: strip, strip show |
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| (noun) a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music | Synonyms: ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease artist, stripteaser |
| studhorse | (noun) adult male horse kept for breeding | Synonyms: stud |
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| subbase | (noun) the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard | - |
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| sublease | (noun) a lease from one lessee to another | Synonyms: sublet |
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| sucrase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: invertase, saccharase |
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| sucrose | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | Synonyms: saccharose |
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| suitcase | (noun) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes | Synonyms: bag, grip, traveling bag, travelling bag |
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| summerhouse | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: gazebo |
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| sunrise | (noun) the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon | - |
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| (noun) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun | - |
| (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunup |
| sunrose | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions | Synonyms: helianthemum, sun rose |
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| surbase | (noun) the molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall) | - |
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| surcease | (noun) a stopping | Synonyms: cessation |
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| surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal |
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| surprise | (noun) the act of surprising someone | Synonyms: surprisal |
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| (noun) a sudden unexpected event | - |
| (noun) the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you | - |
| suspense | (noun) an uncertain cognitive state | - |
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| (noun) excited anticipation of an approaching climax | - |
| (noun) apprehension about what is going to happen | - |
| synapse | (noun) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | - |
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| taphouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon |
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| tasse | (noun) one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | Synonyms: tasset |
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| tawse | (noun) a leather strap for punishing children | - |
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| teahouse | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, tearoom, teashop |
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| tease | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, teasing |
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| (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, teaser, vexer |
| (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper |
| telegraphese | (noun) language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams | - |
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| telomerase | (noun) an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
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| telophase | (noun) the final stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| tense | (noun) a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time | - |
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| tetrose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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| thrombokinase | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thromboplastin |
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| thyrse | (noun) a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose | Synonyms: thyrsus |
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| titmouse | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: tit |
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| tollhouse | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollbooth |
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| toolhouse | (noun) a shed for storing tools | Synonyms: toolshed |
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| tortoise | (noun) usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica | - |
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| transaminase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, aminotransferase |
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| transcriptase | (noun) the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA | Synonyms: RNA polymerase |
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| transferase | (noun) any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound | - |
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| transpose | (noun) a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix | - |
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| traverse | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traversal |
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| (noun) travel across | Synonyms: traversal |
| (noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | Synonyms: transom |
| (noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something | Synonyms: crossbeam, crosspiece, trave |
| treatise | (noun) a formal exposition | - |
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| triose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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| tropopause | (noun) the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere | - |
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| tsetse | (noun) bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | Synonyms: glossina, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly |
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| tuberose | (noun) a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers | Synonyms: Polianthes tuberosa |
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| turquoise | (noun) a shade of blue tinged with green | Synonyms: aqua, aquamarine, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue |
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| (noun) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate | - |
| twitterverse | (noun) the social sphere of the Twitter service | - |
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| ukase | (noun) an edict of the Russian tsar | - |
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| unease | (noun) the trait of seeming ill at ease | Synonyms: disquiet, uneasiness |
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| (noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) | Synonyms: malaise, uneasiness |
| universe | (noun) everything stated or assumed in a given discussion | Synonyms: universe of discourse |
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| (noun) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | Synonyms: population |
| (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, world |
| uppercase | (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter |
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| urease | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria | - |
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| urokinase | (noun) protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis | Synonyms: plasminogen activator |
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| use | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization |
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| (noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition | Synonyms: habit |
| (noun) exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | Synonyms: manipulation |
| (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, purpose, role |
| (noun) a particular service | - |
| (noun) (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property | Synonyms: enjoyment |
| (noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | Synonyms: consumption, economic consumption, usance, use of goods and services |
| valise | (noun) a small overnight bag for short trips | - |
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| valse | (noun) a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat | Synonyms: waltz |
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| vase | (noun) an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers | - |
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| verse | (noun) a piece of poetry | Synonyms: rhyme |
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| (noun) a line of metrical text | Synonyms: verse line |
| (noun) literature in metrical form | Synonyms: poesy, poetry |
| vichyssoise | (noun) a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold | - |
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| viscose | (noun) a rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers | Synonyms: viscose rayon |
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| (noun) a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda | Synonyms: cellulose xanthate |
| vise | (noun) a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place | Synonyms: bench vise, vice |
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| voyeuse | (noun) a chair of the 18th century used at game tables, having a padded top rail on which spectators could lean. | - |
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| warehouse | (noun) a storehouse for goods and merchandise | Synonyms: storage warehouse |
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| warhorse | (noun) horse used in war | - |
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| (noun) a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition | - |
| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, stager, veteran |
| washhouse | (noun) a building or outbuilding where laundry is done | - |
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| watercourse | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: waterway |
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| (noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: stream |
| (noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows | - |
| wetnurse | (noun) a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else | Synonyms: amah, wet-nurse, wet nurse |
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| wheelbase | (noun) the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle | - |
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| wheelhouse | (noun) an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | Synonyms: pilothouse |
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| (noun) one's area of interest or expertise | - |
| whorehouse | (noun) a building where prostitutes are available | Synonyms: bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house |
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| wise | (noun) a way of doing or being | - |
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| woodlouse | (noun) any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats | Synonyms: slater, wood louse |
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| workhorse | (noun) a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor | - |
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| (noun) machine that performs dependably under heavy use | - |
| workhouse | (noun) a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | - |
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| (noun) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor | - |
| worse | (noun) something inferior in quality or condition or effect | - |
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| wrasse | (noun) chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored | - |
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| xylose | (noun) a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | Synonyms: wood sugar |
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| zymase | (noun) a complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms | - |
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