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- SILVATICAlternative form of sylvatic.
- SIMILARHaving traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
- SIMILEA figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
- SIMPLEUncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- SIMULACRAplural of simulacrum.
- SIMULARfalse; specious; counterfeit
- SIMULATETo model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
- SIMULATIONSomething that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
- SINCERELYIn a sincere or earnest manner; honestly.
- SINCERITYThe quality or state of being sincere.
- SINCIPITAplural of sinciput
- SINCIPITALOf or relating to the sinciput.
- SINECUREA position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
- SINGULARBeing only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- SINGULARITYThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
- SINGULTA sob.
- SINISTERInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
- SINUATETo advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
- SINUOUSHaving curves in alternate directions; meandering.
- SINUSA pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
- SIPHUNCLEA strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.
- SIPIDHaving a taste or flavour.
- SIREA lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
- SIRVENTEA typically satirical song sung by the troubadours of Provence.
- SITEThe place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
- SITHEObsolete spelling of scythe.
- SITUATETo place on or into a physical location.
- SITUATIONThe combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- SITULAA deep ceramic vase with a wide opening.
- SITUSThe position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant.
- SKEPTICSomeone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
- SKEPTICALHaving, or expressing doubt; questioning.
- SLAVEA person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
- SLITA narrow cut or opening; a slot.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SNOBA person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferi
- SOBRIETYThe quality or state of being sober.
- SOCIABLETending to socialize or be social.
- SOCIALBeing extroverted or outgoing.
- SOCIALITYThe character of being social; sociability
- SOCLEA low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
- SODALITYA fraternity, a society or association.
- SODOMITICEngaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
- SOFFITThe visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
- SOJOURNA short stay somewhere.
- SOLARIUMA room, rooftop, balcony, or terrace, used for its abundant sunlight, especially when used as a medical treatment.
- SOLATIUMA form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
- SOLDERAny of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
- SOLDIERA member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- SOLEOnly.
- SOLEMNITYThe quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
- SOLEMNIZETo make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
- SOLEUSA broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
- SOLICITTo persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
- SOLICITOUSDisposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
- SOLICITUDEThe state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
- SOLIDAGOThe goldenrod, or any of various similar plants in the genus Solidago.
- SOLIDARITYA bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual supp
- SOLIDATETo make solid or firm; to solidify.
- SOLIDITYThe state or quality of being solid.
- SOLIDUMThe die of a pedestal.
- SOLIDUSVarious medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly: A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301 and called by that name, but reissued at a slig
- SOLIFLUCTIONSoil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.
- SOLITAIREA person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
- SOLITARYOne who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
- SOLITUDEAloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
- SOLIVAGANTWandering alone.
- SOLOA piece of music for one performer.
- SOLSTICEOne of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or sho
- SOLUBLEAble to be dissolved.
- SOLUMWithin a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.
- SOLUSalone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)
- SOLUTEFree; liberal; loose.
- SOLUTIONA homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
- SOLUTIVETending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
- SOLVETo find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- SOLVENTA fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
- SOMBREDark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- SOMNIALPertaining to dreams.
- SOMNIFEROUScausing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
- SOMNIFICCausing sleep; somniferous.
- SONATAA musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
- SONEa subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
- SONICOf or relating to sound.
- SONIFEROUSProducing or conveying sound; sonorous.
- SONOGRAMClipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo.
- SONORITYThe property of being sonorous.
- SOPITETo put to sleep, or to quieten.
- SOPORAn unnaturally deep sleep.
- SOPORIFICSomething inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- SOPRANOThe musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
- SORBThe service tree, Sorbus domestica.
- SORDA flock of mallards.
- SORICINEOf or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits.
- SORORALOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly.
- SORORICIDEThe killing of one's sister.
- SORPTIONEither of the processes of absorption and adsorption; sorbing.
- SORTA general type.
- SORTILEGEWitchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
- SORTITIONSelection by drawing lots.