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- SOUGHTo make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
- SOURTasting of acidity.
- SOURCEThe person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
- SOUTHThe direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southe
- SOUTHERNOf, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
- SOVEREIGNTYThe quality or state of being sovereign.
- SOWLA dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
- SPACEUnlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. The distance between objects.
- SPAKEQuiet; tame.
- SPALEA chip or splinter of wood.
- SPANThe full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
- SPANETo wean; to spean.
- SPANGLEA small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
- SPARA rafter of a roof.
- SPAREExtra. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- SPARGETo sprinkle or spray.
- SPARKA small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.
- SPATEA (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; flooding, inundation.
- SPEAKTo communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- SPEANA teat or nipple of a cow.
- SPEARA long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- SPEECHThe ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- SPEEDThe state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
- SPELLWords or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
- SPEWTo eject forcibly and in a stream.
- SPIKEA sort of very large nail.
- SPIKYOf a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in which sessile flowers are arranged on unbranched elongated axes”).
- SPILEA splinter.
- SPILLTo drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- SPINTo rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- SPIRITThe soul of a person or other creature.
- SPITA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- SPLINTA narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. A splinter caught in the skin.
- SPLITTo divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- SPOOLA reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
- SPOONAn implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- SPORTAny activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- SPOTA round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- SPOUSEA person in a marriage or marital relationship.
- SPRACKlively, full of energy
- SPRAWLTo sit with the limbs spread out.
- SPRAYA fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- SPREADTo stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- SPRENTTo leap; bound; move quickly; dart
- SPRIGHTLYAnimated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
- SPRINGTo move or burst forth.
- SPRINTA short race at top speed.
- SPRYHaving great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
- SPUNKA spark.
- SPURA rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- SPURNTo reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- SPURTTo cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- SQUEALA high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
- STADIUMA venue where sporting events are held.
- STAGAn adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
- STAINA discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
- STAIRA single step in a staircase.
- STAKEA piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- STALKThe stem or main axis of a plant.
- STAMPAn act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- STAMPEDEA wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- STANCEThe manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- STANDTo position or be positioned physically: To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- STANGA forked ritual staff.
- STANZAA unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
- STAPLEA town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- STARAny small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to i
- STARCHA widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery
- STARETo look fixedly (at something).
- STARKHard, firm; obdurate.
- STARNA star.
- STARVETo die because of lack of food or of not eating.
- STAYTo remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- STEADThe position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
- STEAMThe hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- STEELAn artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- STEEPOf a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
- STEMThe stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- STENCHa strong foul smell; a stink.
- STEPAn advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- STERNHaving a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- STEVEDOREA dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
- STICKAn elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
- STIFFRigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- STINKTo have a strong bad smell.
- STIPENDA regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary.
- STITCHA single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. A single pass of a surgical suture
- STOKETo poke, pierce, thrust.
- STONEA hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- STOOKA pile or bundle, especially of straw.
- STOOLA seat, especially for one person and without armrests.
- STOOPA stooping, bent position of the body.
- STOORTo move; stir.
- STOPITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for full stop / period.
- STORGENatural affection or love, especially of parents for their children.
- STORKA large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
- STORMAny disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea)
- STOUNDAn hour.
- STOURTall; big; stout.
- STOUT(of a person) Large; bulky.