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- RIVELTo shrivel, wrinkle (up).
- ROACHCertain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially: A common roach (Rutilus rutilus). Any member of the genus Hesperoleu
- ROAMTo wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- ROCKETA projectile. A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrock
- ROOSETo flatter or praise.
- ROOSTThe place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
- ROTTENOf perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- ROUGHNot smooth; uneven.
- RUBBISHRefuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
- RUBBLEThe broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
- RUCKA throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
- RUMPThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
- RUNEA letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
- RUNGA crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- RUNKLEA wrinkle or crease.
- RUSTYMarked or corroded by rust.
- SACKA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermark
- SAILA piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ro
- SAINTo make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
- SANDRock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. A specifi
- SCABBARDThe sheath of a sword.
- SCARA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- SCOLDA person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- SCOTA local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
- SCREECHA high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
- SCRIKETo shriek; to screech.
- SCROWscroll
- SCRUMPAnything small or undersized.
- SCUFTscruff; nape of the neck
- SCUGShade, shadow.
- SEAMA folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
- SEEKEROne who seeks.
- SEIZETo deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- SELDOMInfrequently, rarely.
- SELEHappiness, fortune.
- SENESCHALA steward, particularly one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
- SEVENTHThe ordinal form of the number seven.
- SEVENTYThe cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
- SHAMBLEOne of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
- SHAMEAn uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- SHATTEROf brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
- SHEAFA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
- SHEEPA woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
- SHINThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- SHINETo emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- SHIVEA slice, especially of bread.
- SHOOLA shovel.
- SHOOTINGMoving or growing quickly
- SHORELand adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- SHORTENTo make shorter; to abbreviate.
- SHOULDERThe part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- SHOVELA hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage dif
- SHOWINGpresent participle and gerund of show
- SHRIEKA sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
- SHRINKTo cause to become smaller.
- SHRIVETo hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
- SHRIVELTo collapse inward; to crumble.
- SHROUDThat which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
- SHRUGA lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.
- SIKEA gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.
- SILTMud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
- SILVERA lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- SILVERNMade of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
- SIXTEENThe cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
- SIXTHThe ordinal form of the number six.
- SIXTYThe cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
- SKEWTo form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- SKIMPTo mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- SKITEA sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.
- SKIVETo avoid one's lessons or work ; shirk.
- SKULLThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- SKYFA cigarette.
- SLACKThe part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- SLADEA valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
- SLAGWaste material from a mine.
- SLANTA slope; an incline, inclination.
- SLATA thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- SLATEA flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers. A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a tile for flooring, roofing,
- SLEDA small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
- SLEDEDA small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
- SLEDGEA sledgehammer.
- SLEEPTo rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- SLEETPellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
- SLEIGHA vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods.
- SLEIGHTCunning; craft; artful practice.
- SLIGHTMinor; small in amount
- SLIMSlender; thin. Slender in an attractive way.
- SLIPPERYOf a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- SLOTHLaziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
- SLOUGHThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
- SLOVENA habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- SLUDGESolids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- SLURAn insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. An extremely derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orien
- SMALTA deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.
- SMEARTo spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- SMELTAny small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
- SMIRKAn uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
- SMITHYThe location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
- SMITINGpresent participle and gerund of smite
- SMITTENAffected by an act of smiting. Made irrationally enthusiastic. In love.