5-Letter Words Starting with S: page 2

All 896 five-letter words that start with S: page 2 of 3

SK

• skarn9n. Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.
• skate9n. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the...
• skeel9n. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
• skeet9n. A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
• skein9n. A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and...
• skell9n. A homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
• skelp11v. To beat or slap with the hand.
• skene9n. An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the...
• skete9n. A secluded religious community in Eastern Orthodox Christianity which...
• skier9n. One who skis.
• skiff15n. A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
• skift12n. Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow...
• skill9n. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually...
• skimo11n. Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering.
• skimp13v. To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
• skink13n. A shin of beef.
• skins9n. The drums.
• skint9adj. Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
• skirl9v. To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
• skirt9n. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that...
• skite9n. A contemptible person.
• skive12v. To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
• skoal9interj. A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
• skort9n. A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a...
• skrrt9interj. The sound of a tire screeching.
• skulk13n. A group of foxes.
• skull9n. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium...
• skunk13n. Any of various mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, native to North and...
• skype14v. To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.

SL

• slack11n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• slade6n. A hillside.
• slain5n. Those who have been killed.
• slake9v. To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
• slane5n. A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron...
• slang6n. Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
• slank9n. A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of...
• slant5n. A slope; an incline, inclination.
• slape7adj. Slippery, slippy.
• slaps7n. A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.
• slash8n. A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon...
• slate5n. A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a...
• slatt5n. A stone slab used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
• slaty8adj. Resembling the rock slate.
• slava8n. The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the...
• slave8n. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person...
• sleek9adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth.
• sleep7v. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• sleet5n. Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted...
• slice7n. That which is thin and broad.
• slick11adj. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe...
• slide6v. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• slike9v. To crawl; creep; slide.
• slime7n. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any...
• slimy10adj. Of or pertaining to slime.
• sling6v. To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
• slink9v. To sneak about furtively.
• slips7n. The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the...
• slive8n. A slice or sliver; slip, chip.
• sloat5n. A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.
• sloop7n. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
• sloot5n. A ditch.
• slope7n. A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the...
• slops7n. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn...
• slosh8v. To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
• sloth8n. Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a...
• slows8n. Milk sickness.
• sloyd9n. A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the...
• sluff11n. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
• slump9v. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
• slunk9n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
• slurp7v. To eat or drink noisily.
• slush8n. Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
• slyly11adv. In a sly manner, cunningly.

SM

• smack13n. A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
• small7adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
• smark11n. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware that the matches are...
• smarm9n. Smarmy language or behavior.
• smart7v. To hurt or sting.
• smash10n. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
• smear7v. To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across...
• smell7n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the...
• smelt7n. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the...
• smexy17adj. Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
• smile7n. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of...
• smirk11n. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied...
• smite7v. To strike down or kill with godly force.
• smith10n. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and...
• smitt7n. Fine clay or ochre made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
• smize16v. To smile with one's eyes.
• smock13n. A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
• smoke11n. The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by...
• smoko11n. A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work...
• smoky14adj. Filled with smoke.
• smolt7n. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery...
• smoot7n. A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately...
• smore7v. To smother.
• smout7n. A printer who does short-term work in various offices.
• smurf10n. A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The...
• smush10n. A beaten or pulverized mass.

SN

• snack11n. A light meal.
• snafu8v. To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.
• snail5n. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic)...
• snake9n. Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin...
• snaky12adj. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
• snape7v. To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
• snare5n. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
• snarf8v. To eat or consume greedily.
• snark9n. An attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
• snarl5v. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• snart5n. The phenomenon where one sneezes and farts at the same time.
• snead6v. To cut; lop; prune.
• sneak9n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or...
• sneer5v. To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
• snell5adj. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
• snick11v. To cut or snip.
• snide6adj. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
• sniff11v. To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling...
• snipe7n. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago...
• snips7n. Shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs.
• snoek9n. An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South...
• snoke9v. To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
• snood6n. A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band...
• snook9n. A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order...
• snoop7v. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
• snoot5n. An elitist or snobbish person.
• snore5v. To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration...
• snork9v. To snore.
• snort5n. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
• snout5n. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
• snows8n. One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the...
• snowy11adj. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
• snuff11n. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative)...

SO

• soapy10adj. Resembling soap.
• sobel7n. A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone...
• sober7adj. Not drunk; not intoxicated.
• socca9n. A French dish popular in Nice; a kind of chickpea pancake seasoned and...
• socio7n. At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
• socko11adj. Superb, excellent, stunning.
• socky14adj. Socklike.
• socle7n. A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
• sodic8adj. Of, relating to, or containing sodium.
• sofar8n. A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means...
• sofer8n. A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious...
• softy11n. Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish.
• soggy10adj. Soaked with moisture or other liquid.
• sohan8n. A traditional Persian brittle toffee made with saffron.
• soken9n. The 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at...
• sokha12n. Russian ard (a type of wooden plough with high, horizontal draft-poles...
• solan5n. Solan goose.
• solar5adj. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
• soldo6n. An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
• soled6adj. Having a specified kind of sole.
• solen5n. A cradle, as for a broken limb.
• soler5n. One who fits the soles to shoes.
• solid6adj. That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm....
• solon5n. A wise legislator or lawgiver.
• solum7n. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the...
• solus5adj. Alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction).
• solve8v. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
• somal7adj. Of or related to the soma, or cell body, of a neuron.
• soman7n. A highly toxic G-series nerve agent in the organophosphate class of...
• somen7n. Thin, white noodles usually served cold with sauce for dipping.
• somma9n. A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.
• sonar5n. Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with...
• sonde6n. Probe; sound.
• songo6n. A kind of contemporary Cuban music originating in Havana.
• songy9adj. Song-like.
• sonic7adj. Of or relating to sound.
• sonny8n. A familiar form of address for a boy.
• sooky12adj. Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
• soong6n. In American Chinese cuisine, minced meat or vegetables.
• sooth8n. Truth.
• sooty8adj. Of, relating to, or producing soot.
• soper7n. Methaqualone.
• sophi10n. Wise men; sages.
• sophy13n. Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy.
• sopor7n. An unnaturally deep sleep.
• soppy12adj. Very wet; sodden, soaked.
• sored6adj. Subjected to soring.
• sorel5n. A young buck (deer) in the third year.
• soror5n. A sorority sister; a fellow member of one's sorority.
• sorry8adj. Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
• sotah8n. An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine...
• sough9v. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
• sound6adj. Healthy.
• soupy10adj. Resembling soup; creamy.
• sourd6v. To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
• souse5n. The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
• south8n. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing...
• sower8n. One who or that which sows.

SP

• space9n. The distance between objects.
• spacy12adj. Spaced-out.
• spade8n. A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be...
• spake11n. A type of wagon on rails used for carrying workers in and out of a...
• spall7n. A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
• spang8v. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
• spank11v. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other...
• spare7adj. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved...
• spark11n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting...
• sparr7n. An English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
• spasm9n. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a...
• spate7n. A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or...
• spath10n. Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum of peace lilies.
• spats7n. A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe.
• spawn10v. To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
• spaza16n. An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and...
• speak11v. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
• speal7n. Only used in speal-bone (“shoulder bone”).
• spean7n. A teat or nipple of a cow.
• spear7n. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or...
• speck13n. A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
• specs9n. Specifications: plural of spec.
• spect9v. Aphetic form of expect.
• speed8n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
• speel7v. To climb.
• speer7v. To ask, to inquire.
• spell7n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
• spelt7n. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum...
• spend8v. To pay out (money).
• spent7adj. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
• sperm9n. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
• spesh10adj. Special.
• spica9n. A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on...
• spice9n. Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or...
• spick13adj. Tidy; fresh.
• spicy12adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
• spiel7n. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to...
• spier7n. One who spies; a spy.
• spiff13n. Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
• spike11n. A sort of very large nail.
• spiky14adj. Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in...
• spile7n. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
• spill7v. To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to...
• spilt7adj. That has been spilled.
• spina7n. A spine; the backbone.
• spine7n. A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a...
• spink11n. The primrose.
• spins7n. Vertigo.
• spiny10adj. Covered in spines or thorns.
• spire7n. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
• spiro7n. A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only...
• spite7n. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to...
• spitz16n. Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.
• splat7n. The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
• splay10v. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
• split7v. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
• spoil7v. To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
• spoke11n. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the...
• spong8n. A long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a...
• spoof10n. An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
• spook11n. A ghost or phantom.
• spool7n. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound...
• spoon7n. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle...
• spoor7n. The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
• spore7n. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus...
• spork11n. An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided...
• sport7n. Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under...
• spout7n. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
• sprag8n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or...
• sprat7n. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus...
• spray10n. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
• spree7n. Uninhibited activity.
• sprig8n. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
• sprit7n. A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing...
• sprog8n. A child.
• sprue7n. A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed...
• spume9n. Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
• spunk11n. Touchwood; tinder.
• spurn7v. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
• spurt7v. To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

SQ

• squab16n. A young dove or pigeon.
• squad15n. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about...
• squam16n. An oilskin hat; a southwester.
• squat14adj. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
• squee14v. To squeal with excitement or delight.
• squib16n. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
• squid15n. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order...

ST

• stack11n. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom...
• stade6n. Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
• staff11n. A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to...
• stage6n. A phase.
• stagy9adj. Theatrical.
• staid6adj. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
• stain5n. A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with...
• stair5n. A single step in a staircase.
• stake9n. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at...
• stale5adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• stalk9n. The stem or main axis of a plant.
• stall5n. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• stamp9n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
• stand6v. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
• stane5n. A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
• stang6n. A forked ritual staff.
• stank9n. A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable...
• stape7n. A staple.
• staph10n. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.
• stare5v. To look fixedly (at something).
• stark9adj. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
• starn5n. A star.
• starr5n. A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
• stars5n. Outer space.
• start5n. The beginning of an activity.
• stash8n. A collection, sometimes hidden.
• state5n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• stats5n. Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output).
• stave8n. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed...
• stays8n. A corset.
• stdin6n. Standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically...
• stead6n. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a...
• steak9n. Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
• steal5v. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned...
• steam7n. The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the...
• steck11n. A piece or an item.
• steed6n. A bicycle or other vehicle.
• steek9v. To stitch (sew with a needle).
• steel5n. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than...
• steem7n. A gleam of light; a flame.
• steep7adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that...
• steer5v. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a...
• steez14n. Style; panache.
• stego6adj. Steganographic; relating to or hidden using steganography.
• stein5n. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
• stela5n. An obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive...
• stele5n. An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted...
• stell5v. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
• steno5n. A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand.
• stent5n. A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus...
• steps7n. A course followed by a person in walking or as walking.
• stere5n. A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
• stern5adj. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
• steve8v. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
• stews8n. A brothel.
• stewy11adj. Stew-like, similar to stew.
• stian5n. A stye.
• stich10n. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the...
• stick11n. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
• stiff11adj. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
• stile5n. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow...
• still5adj. Not moving; calm.
• stilt5n. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk...
• sting6n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• stink9v. To have a strong bad smell.
• stint5v. To be sparing or mean.
• stipa7n. Any grass of the genus Stipa.
• stipe7n. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
• stirk9n. A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
• stith8n. An anvil; a stithy.
• stive8n. The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
• stoat5n. Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native...
• stock11n. A store or supply.
• stoep7n. A raised veranda in front of a house.
• stoic7n. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to...
• stoke9n. An act of poking, piercing, thrusting.
• stola5n. The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the...
• stole5n. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck...
• stoll5v. To understand.
• stoma7n. One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which...
• stomp9v. To trample heavily.
• stone5n. A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such...
• stong6n. An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre; a rood; a stang.
• stonk9n. A heavy artillery bombardment.
• stony8adj. As hard as stone.
• stook9n. A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
• stool5n. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
• stoop7n. A stooping, bent position of the body.
• stope7n. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
• store5n. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
• stork9n. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order...
• storm7n. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant...
• story8n. An account of real or fictional events.
• stosh8n. Fish offal.
• stoss5adj. Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
• stoup7n. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of...
• stour5adj. Tall; big; stout.
• stout5adj. Large; bulky.
• stove8n. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
• stram7v. To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
• strap7n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
• straw8n. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
• strep7n. A streptococcus.
• strew8v. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially...
• stria5n. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
• strid6n. A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
• strim7v. To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
• strip7n. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
• strix12n. A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.
• strop7n. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably...
• stroy8v. To destroy.
• strub7v. To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
• strum7v. To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various...
• strut5v. Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail...
• stuck11adj. Unable to move.
• stude6n. A student.
• studs6n. A pair of shoes or boots which have studs on the bottom to aid grip.
• study9v. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not...
• stuff11n. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
• stull5n. A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to...
• stump9n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains...
• stunt5n. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic...

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