| secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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| (adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
| (adverb) by indirect means | - |
| secondly | (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: second |
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| secondment | (noun) the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere | - |
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| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, second |
| secondo | (noun) the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
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| semiconducting | (adjective) having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | Synonyms: semiconductive |
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| semiconductive | (adjective) having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | Synonyms: semiconducting |
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| semiconductor | (noun) a conductor made with semiconducting material | Synonyms: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit |
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| (noun) a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities | Synonyms: semiconducting material |
| spondaic | (adjective) of or consisting of spondees | - |
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| spondaise | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaize |
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| spondaize | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaise |
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| spondee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | - |
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| spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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| spondylitis | (noun) inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness | - |
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| spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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| spoondrift | (noun) spray blown up from the surface of the sea | Synonyms: spindrift |
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| superconductivity | (noun) the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures | - |
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| taekwondo | (noun) a Korean martial art similar to karate | Synonyms: tae kwon do |
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| transponder | (noun) electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply | - |
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| unconditional | (adjective) not conditional | Synonyms: unconditioned |
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| (adjective) not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else | - |
| (adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categoric, categorical, flat |
| unconditionality | (noun) The quality or state of being absolute; of being without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications. | - |
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| unconditionally | (adverb) in an unqualified manner | Synonyms: categorically, flatly |
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| (adverb) not subject to a condition | - |
| unconditioned | (adjective) not established by conditioning or learning | Synonyms: innate, unlearned |
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| (adjective) not conditional | Synonyms: unconditional |
| vagabond | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant |
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| (adjective) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | Synonyms: rootless |
| (noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place | - |
| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, floater, vagrant |
| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander |
| vagabondage | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, wandering |
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| wonder | (noun) a state in which you want to learn more about something | Synonyms: curiosity |
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| (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: marvel |
| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: admiration, wonderment |
| (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: marvel |
| wonderberry | (noun) improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries | Synonyms: garden huckleberry, Solanum burbankii, Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum nigrum guineese, sunberry |
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| wonderer | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: marveller |
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| (noun) someone who is curious about something | - |
| wonderful | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wondrous |
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| wonderfully | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wondrous, wondrously |
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| wonderfulness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, admirableness |
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| wondering | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, questioning, speculative |
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| wonderingly | (adverb) in a curious and questioning manner | Synonyms: questioningly |
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| wonderland | (noun) an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders | - |
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| (noun) a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder | - |
| wonderment | (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: admiration, wonder |
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| wonderworking | (adjective) performing or able to perform wonders or miracles | - |
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| wondrous | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful |
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| (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrously |
| wondrously | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous |
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| yonder | (adjective) distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal) | Synonyms: yon |
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| (adverb) at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal) | Synonyms: yon |