Common Words

selar

noun

big-eyed scad

sene

noun

100 sene equal 1 tala in Western Samoa

sente

noun

100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-...

serax

noun

a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiet...

serer

noun

a West African language closely related to Fula; spoken prim...

sess

noun

street names for marijuana

sgml

noun

(computer science) a standardized language for the descripti...

shahn

noun

United States artist whose work reflected social and politic...

sheldrake

noun

large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooke...

shf

noun

3 to 30 gigahertz

shlep

noun

(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

shtik

noun

(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

shtup

noun

slang for sexual intercourse

shua

noun

any branch of Shinto other than Kokka

sial

noun

the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the e...

sids

noun

sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant...

sif

noun

(Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home

sigeh

noun

a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran t...

sika

noun

small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers

sild

noun

any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned...

simal

noun

East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kap...

sirc

noun

an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activ...

sise

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

sison

noun

genus including stone parsley

siss

verb

make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

sissu

noun

East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a...

sitta

noun

type genus of the Sittidae

sium

noun

perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemispher...

siwan

noun

the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ec...

sizz

verb

make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

skua

noun

gull-like jaeger of northern seas

slask

noun

a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron...

slews

noun

a large number or amount

smilo

noun

perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and i...

smsgt

noun

a senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a ran...

smuts

noun

South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)

snidely

adverb

with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner

snp

noun

(genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs w...

solea

noun

type genus of the Soleidae

solfa

noun

a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, m...

sops

noun

piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

sorex

noun

type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews

sotho

noun

a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho,...

spawl

noun

a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore...

spiller

noun

an attacker who sheds or spills blood

spumy

adjective

emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or ferme...

sr.

adjective

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially...

sse

noun

the compass point midway between south and southeast

sspe

noun

a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measle...

ssw

noun

the compass point midway between south and southwest