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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- SORGHUMA cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species So
- 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.
- SOUBRETTEA female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.
- SOUTANEA long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when worn by Roman Catholic clerics.
- SOUTERA shoemaker or cobbler.
- SOVEREIGNExercising power of rule.
- SPACKLEAny powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
- SPANIELAny of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
- SPATIALPertaining to (the dimension of) space.
- SPAULDThe shoulder.
- SPAULDERA piece of plate armour that protects one's shoulder, generally covering less than the pauldron which developed later.
- SPAWNTo produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- SPECIALDistinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- SPECIALITYUK standard form of specialty.
- SPECIALTYThat in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
- SPECIEType or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
- SPECIESA type or kind.
- SPECIFICExplicit or definite.
- SPECIFYTo state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- SPECIMENAn individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- SPECIOUSSeemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- SPECTATOROne who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
- SPECTERA ghostly apparition, a phantom.
- SPECTRUMA range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
- SPECULARPertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
- SPECULATETo think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
- SPECULATIONThe process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- SPECULATIVECharacterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
- SPECULATOROne who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- SPECULATORYIntended or adapted for viewing or looking out.
- SPECULATRIXA female speculator.
- SPECULUMA medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- SPENCEA buttery or pantry.
- SPENDTo pay out (money).
- SPERMACETIA wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc; humans separate it out from sperm oil.
- SPERSETo disperse.
- SPHERALspherical