| set | (noun) several exercises intended to be done in series | Synonyms: exercise set |
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| (noun) the act of putting something in position | - |
| (noun) representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production | Synonyms: stage set |
| (noun) any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals | - |
| (noun) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way | Synonyms: readiness |
| (noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: bent |
| (noun) the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon | - |
| (noun) a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used | - |
| (noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: band, circle, lot |
| (noun) (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols | - |
| (noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, solidification, solidifying |
| (noun) a unit of play in tennis or squash | - |
| seta | (noun) a stiff hair or bristle | - |
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| (noun) stalk of a moss capsule | - |
| setback | (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, reverse |
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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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| setoff | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: offset, set-back |
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| setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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| (noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
| sett | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobble, cobblestone |
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| settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
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| (noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
| setter | (noun) a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point | - |
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| (noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: compositor, typesetter, typographer |
| setterwort | (noun) digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally | Synonyms: bear's foot, Helleborus foetidus, stinking hellebore |
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| setting | (noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted | Synonyms: mise en scene, stage setting |
| (noun) a table service for one person | Synonyms: place setting |
| (noun) the context and environment in which something is set | Synonyms: scene |
| (noun) the physical position of something | - |
| (noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: background, scope |
| (noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, context |
| settle | (noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settee |
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| settledness | (noun) The quality or state of being fixed, permanent or stationary; established. | - |
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| settlement | (noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | Synonyms: liquidation |
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| (noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonisation, colonization |
| (noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: closure, resolution |
| (noun) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | - |
| (noun) a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government | Synonyms: colony |
| (noun) a community of people smaller than a town | Synonyms: small town, village |
| (noun) an area where a group of families live together | - |
| settler | (noun) a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | Synonyms: colonist |
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| (noun) a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings | - |
| (noun) a negotiator who settles disputes | - |
| settling | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: subsidence, subsiding |
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| settlings | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: dregs |
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| settlor | (noun) (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee | Synonyms: trustor |
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| setup | (noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge | Synonyms: frame-up |
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| (noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: apparatus |
| (noun) the way something is organized or arranged | - |