| slat | (noun) a thin strip (wood or metal) | Synonyms: spline |
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| (verb) close the slats of (windows) | - |
| (verb) equip or bar with slats | - |
| snapchat | (verb) To have a conversation on Snapchat | - |
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| somewhat | (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably |
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| (adverb) to a small degree or extent | Synonyms: more or less, slightly |
| spat | (noun) a young oyster or other bivalve | - |
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| (noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: gaiter |
| (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff |
| (verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: clap |
| (verb) spawn | - |
| (verb) engage in a brief and petty quarrel | - |
| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap |
| (verb) strike with a sound like that of falling rain | - |
| (verb) become permanently attached | - |
| (verb) come down like raindrops | - |
| speedboat | (noun) a fast motorboat | - |
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| splat | (noun) a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair | - |
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| (noun) a single splash | - |
| (verb) split open and flatten for cooking | - |
| (verb) flatten on impact | - |
| (verb) give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact | - |
| sprat | (noun) small herring processed like a sardine | Synonyms: brisling, Clupea sprattus |
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| (noun) small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines | Synonyms: brisling |
| squat | (adjective) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | Synonyms: underslung |
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| (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy |
| (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | Synonyms: squatting |
| (noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles | Synonyms: knee bend, squatting |
| (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit |
| (verb) to perform the squat weightlifting exercise | - |
| (verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up |
| (verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally | - |
| (verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide | - |
| standpat | (adjective) old-fashioned and out of date | Synonyms: fusty, nonprogressive, unprogressive |
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| steamboat | (noun) a boat propelled by a steam engine | - |
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| stoat | (noun) the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail | - |
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| stonechat | (noun) common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast | Synonyms: Saxicola torquata |
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| sugarcoat | (verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing | - |
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| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, glaze |
| sunhat | (noun) a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun | Synonyms: sun hat |
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| surcoat | (noun) a tunic worn over a knight's armor | - |
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| (noun) a loose outer coat usually of rich material | - |
| surfboat | (noun) a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf | - |
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| swat | (noun) a sharp blow | - |
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| (verb) to make an illegitimate call to the police so as to have a SWAT team dispatched to a location | - |
| (verb) hit swiftly with a violent blow | - |
| sweat | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail |
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| (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sudor |
| (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface | - |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither |
| (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: perspire, sudate |
| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| tailcoat | (noun) formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails |
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| tat | (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: cheapness, sleaze, tackiness |
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| (verb) make lacework by knotting or looping | Synonyms: intertwine |
| teat | (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland | Synonyms: mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, tit |
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| technocrat | (noun) an advocate of technocracy | - |
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| (noun) an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group | - |
| thermostat | (noun) a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat | Synonyms: thermoregulator |
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| (verb) control the temperature with a thermostat | - |
| threat | (noun) a warning that something unpleasant is imminent | - |
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| (noun) declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another | - |
| (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: scourge, terror |
| (noun) something that is a source of danger | Synonyms: menace |
| throat | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat | - |
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| (noun) a passage resembling a throat in shape or function | - |
| (noun) an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep | - |
| (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | Synonyms: pharynx |
| tomcat | (noun) male cat | Synonyms: tom |
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| topcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, overcoat |
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| towboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: tower, tug, tugboat |
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| treat | (noun) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | - |
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| (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw |
| (verb) provide treatment for | Synonyms: care for |
| (verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | Synonyms: process |
| (verb) regard or consider in a specific way | - |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, plow |
| (verb) engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement | - |
| (verb) provide with choice or abundant food or drink | Synonyms: regale |
| (verb) provide with a gift or entertainment | - |
| (verb) interact in a certain way | Synonyms: do by, handle |
| troat | (verb) emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time | - |
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| tugboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tower, tug |
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| turncoat | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade |
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| twat | (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch |
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| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, zany |
| undercoat | (noun) thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair | Synonyms: underfur |
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| (noun) the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | Synonyms: flat coat, ground, primer, primer coat, priming, priming coat |
| (noun) seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion | Synonyms: underseal |
| (verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: ground, prime |
| unseat | (verb) dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse | - |
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| (verb) remove from political office | - |
| upbeat | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, pollyannaish |
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| (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: offbeat |
| (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudaimonia, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
| vat | (noun) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids | Synonyms: tub |
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| waistcoat | (noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: vest |
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| whaleboat | (noun) a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas | - |
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| wheat | (noun) a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | Synonyms: pale yellow, straw |
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| (noun) grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour | Synonyms: wheat berry |
| (noun) annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains | - |
| whinchat | (noun) brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows | Synonyms: Saxicola rubetra |
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| whitethroat | (noun) common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown | Synonyms: white-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis |
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| (noun) greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts | Synonyms: greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis |
| (noun) Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller | Synonyms: lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca |
| wildcat | (adjective) (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | - |
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| (adjective) without official authorization | Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized |
| (adjective) outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | - |
| (noun) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | - |
| (noun) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | Synonyms: wildcat well |
| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf |
| wombat | (noun) burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger | - |
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| yellowthroat | (noun) small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat | - |
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| zakat | (noun) the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship | - |
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| ziggurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: zikkurat, zikurat |
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| zikkurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: ziggurat, zikurat |
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| zikurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: ziggurat, zikkurat |
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