5-Letter Words with S: page 2

All 2,002 five-letter words with S: page 2 of 6

F

• fusil8n. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in...
• fusor8n. A coin melter.
• fussy11adj. Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
• fusty11adj. Moldy or musty.

G

• gains6n. Increase in muscle mass.
• gapes8n. A fit of yawning.
• garms8n. Clothing.
• gassy9adj. Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
• gauss6n. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to...
• geest6n. A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils...
• geist6n. A ghost, an apparition.
• gents6n. A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
• genus6n. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family...
• geshe9n. A Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.
• gesso6n. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for...
• ghast9adj. Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
• ghost9n. A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit...
• ghusl9n. A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of...
• gibus8n. A collapsible top hat.
• gipsy11n. Dated spelling of gypsy.
• girls6n. A woman's breasts.
• gists6n. A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
• glans6n. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
• glass6n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by...
• gloss6n. A surface shine or luster.
• gnash9v. To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
• goods7n. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally...
• goose6n. Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have...
• goosh9v. To move in a messy, liquid manner.
• goosy9adj. Characteristic of a goose; anserine.
• gorse6n. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and...
• gosha9adj. Of a woman: in a socially imposed state of seclusion or purdah.
• gosht9n. Mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry.
• grams8n. Grandmother.
• grasp8v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• grass6n. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise...
• grats6interj. Congratulations.
• greys9n. Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal...
• grise6n. A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
• grist6n. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
• grits6n. Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the...
• gross6adj. Remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour)...
• grosz15n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
• guess6v. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in...
• guest6n. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at...
• guise6n. A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice...
• gules6n. Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by...
• gushy12adj. Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
• gussy9v. To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
• gusto6n. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.
• gusty9adj. Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
• gutsy9adj. Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of...
• gypsy14n. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a...
• gyrus9n. A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

H

• habis10v. To finish or be finished; used to express that something is over or...
• hacks14interj. Used to call attention to another player hacking.
• halls8n. Student accommodation.
• halse8v. To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.
• hames10n. A mess.
• hamsa10n. The Hand of Fatima.
• hanse8n. The guildhall of a Hanse.
• haras8n. An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
• hards9n. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
• harps10n. The side of a coin that bears an image of the Irish harp.
• harsh11adj. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
• hasta8interj. Goodbye.
• haste8n. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
• hasty11adj. Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having...
• hause8n. A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
• haves11n. The wealthy or privileged, and those with power and possessions.
• hawse11n. The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
• heads9interj. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your...
• heaps10n. A large amount.
• heats8n. A period of hot weather.
• heels8n. High-heeled shoes.
• heist8n. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or...
• herse8n. A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded...
• hills8n. A region in which there are many hills; a hilly area.
• hilsa8n. Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish...
• hissy11adj. Accompanied with hisses.
• hives11n. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in...
• hocus10v. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
• hoise8v. To hoist.
• hoist8v. To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a...
• hoops10n. Basketball.
• hoose8n. House.
• horos8n. A stone marking a boundary in Ancient Greece.
• horse8n. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history...
• horst8n. A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised...
• horsy11adj. Of, relating to, or similar to horses.
• hosed9adj. Wearing hose.
• hosel8n. The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club...
• hosen8n. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
• hoser8n. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
• hosey11v. To bagsy; to shotgun (make a claim).
• hosho11n. Either of a pair of gourds with seeds inside, used as musical...
• hosta8n. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
• house8n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• hsien8n. An administrative subdivision of Taiwan, commonly translated as county....
• humus10n. A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed...
• hunks12n. A crotchety or surly person.
• hurst8n. A wood or grove.
• husky15adj. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
• hussy11n. A sexually immoral woman.
• hyson11n. A Chinese green tea.

I

• ictus7n. The pulse.
• ihsan8n. The practice of showing one's faith in deed and action, as though...
• ileus5n. Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal...
• incus7n. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
• insee5v. To see into; to observe acutely.
• inset5v. To set in; infix or implant.
• irons5n. Shackles.
• ishan8n. Title of Sufi leaders in Central Asia.
• islay8n. Prunus ilicifolia, a traditional Native American food plant in southern...
• islet5n. A small island.
• issei5n. A member of the first generation of Japanese immigrants to North...
• issue5n. The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal...

J

• jacks18n. A pair of jacks.
• jaish15n. An army or legion.
• jakes16n. A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
• jalsa12n. A rally.
• jeans12n. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
• jects14n. A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
• jeesh15interj. Synonym of sheesh.
• jesty15adj. Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.
• jings13interj. An exclamation of surprise.
• jinks16interj. Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
• jocks18n. Male briefs.
• joist12n. A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which...
• jokes16adj. Really good.
• jones12n. An addiction or intense craving.
• jorts12n. Jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or...
• josei12n. A class of manga written for an older female audience.
• joshi15n. Japanese women's professional wrestling.
• joshy18adj. Characterised by lighthearted banter; joky.
• joust12n. A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or...
• jumps16n. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

K

• kaisa9n. A variant of the game billiards played chiefly in Finland and Russia.
• kaiso9n. A style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
• kalis9n. A Filipino sword akin to the kris.
• karst9n. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the...
• kasha12n. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other...
• kasra9n. In Arabic script, the vowel point for "i", appearing as a small...
• katsu9interj. A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of...
• kecks15n. Trousers.
• keeps11n. Only used in for keeps.
• kesar9n. Saffron.
• kgosi10n. A tribal chief among the Tswana people of southern Africa.
• khash15n. A dish made from cattle's or sheep's head and/or trotters and eaten...
• khums14n. A Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus...
• kicks15n. Shoes.
• kings10n. A pair of kings (playing cards).
• kiosk13n. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or...
• kissa9n. Synonym of kissaten, a type of Japanese café.
• kissy12adj. Sentimentally affectionate.
• knish12n. An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a...
• knits9n. Small particles of ore.
• kosam11n. The tree Schleichera oleosa.
• kosha12n. Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self...
• kudos10n. Praise; accolades.
• kursi9n. A stand for holding the Qur'an for readings.
• kurus9n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
• kusha12n. A grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata.
• kusum11n. A tree of species Schleichera oleosa, from whose seeds a multipurpose...
• kvass12n. A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with...

L

• laksa9n. A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.
• lames7n. Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a...
• lanes5n. Bowling alley.
• lapse7n. A temporary failure; a slip.
• laser5n. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
• lassi5n. A drink made with yogurt diluted with water and flavoured with salt or...
• lasso5n. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching...
• lates5n. Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch...
• latus5n. Synonym of flank.
• leans5n. A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes...
• lease5n. An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate...
• leash8n. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
• least5adj. Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or...
• leese5v. To lose.
• lefse8n. A traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and...
• lenis5adj. Relatively weakly articulated, hence unaspirated and possibly voiced...
• lepas7n. Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to...
• lesbi7adj. Lesbian.
• lewis8n. A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used...
• lexis12n. The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of...
• limes7n. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
• lines5n. Words spoken by the actors.
• links9n. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
• lisle5n. A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
• lispy10adj. Tending to lisp when speaking.
• lisse5n. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in...
• listy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.
• litas5n. The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.
• loads6adv. Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.
• locks11n. A head of hair; tresses.
• locus7n. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a...
• loess5n. Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
• logos6n. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument...
• loins5n. The pubic region.
• lomas7n. Fog oases, areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of...
• longs6n. Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
• looks9n. One's appearance or attractiveness.
• loons5n. Synonym of loon pants.
• loose5v. To let loose, to free from restraints.
• loris5n. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae...
• loser5n. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
• losse5n. A lynx.
• lossy8adj. Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
• lotos5n. Dated spelling of lotus.
• lotus5n. Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family...
• louis5n. Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to...
• louse5n. A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
• lousy8adj. Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.
• ludus6n. A gladiatorial training school.
• lumps9n. A beating or verbal abuse.
• lupus7n. Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is...
• lusty8adj. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong...
• lyase8n. Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific...
• lysin8n. Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of...
• lysis8n. A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.
• lyssa8n. Rabies.
• lysyl11adj. Of or pertaining to lysine.

M

• magis8n. The philosophy of striving to do more for Jesus Christ, associated with...
• magus8n. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is...
• mails7n. The mail delivery system.
• mains7n. The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a...
• malus7n. The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid...
• manas7n. The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals.
• manes7n. The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the...
• manis7n. The pangolin.
• mansa7n. A king of ancient Mali.
• manse7v. To excommunicate; curse.
• manus7n. A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or...
• marsh10n. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
• maser7n. A device for the coherent amplification or generation of...
• mashy13adj. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
• mason7n. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
• massy10adj. Heavy; massive.
• mates7adj. Friendly; having a friendship (with).
• matsu7n. Pinus thunbergii, the Japanese pine.
• mavis10n. Song thrush.
• means7n. An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
• mease7n. A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short)...
• meese7n. A titmouse.
• meets7prep. Forming a combination or nexus of.
• melas7n. Synonym of melasma.
• melos7n. The melody in Ancient Greek music.
• mends8n. Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from...
• mensa7n. In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.
• mense7n. Property, owndom; possessions.
• meros7n. The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
• merse7n. Alluvial, often marshy land by the side of a river, estuary or sea.
• mersh10n. Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.
• merus7n. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a...
• mesen7pron. Myself.
• mesic9adj. Characterized by an intermediate degree of moisture, in between xeric...
• mesna7n. An organosulfur compound used in cancer chemotherapy involving...
• mesne7adj. Intermediate.
• meson7n. The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
• messy10adj. In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
• mesto7adj. Sad, mournful.
• meths10n. Methylated spirits.
• metis7n. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
• midst8n. A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or...
• migas8n. Any of various traditional Spanish or Portuguese dishes made with...
• miles7n. A great distance in space or time.
• mimsy12adj. A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
• minus7prep. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or...
• misal7n. An Indian dish of vegetables in a spicy gravy.
• miser7n. A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
• misri7n. Rock sugar.
• missa7n. A mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the...
• misso7n. Missus (“wife or girlfriend”).
• missy10n. A young female, or miss; as a term of mild disparagement, typically...
• misty10adj. Covered in mist; foggy.
• mitis7n. A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought...
• modus8n. A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some...
• mogas8n. Automotive gasoline suitable for use in some piston-engined gasoline...
• moist7adj. Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
• moose7n. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes...
• moosh10n. Alternative spelling of mush (“a form of address to a man”).
• mopsy12n. Synonym of moppet.
• mores7n. A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted...
• moros7n. A dish of black beans and white riced cooked together; congri.
• morse7n. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually...
• moser7n. An informer; one who tells on another.
• mosey10v. To set off, get going; to start a journey.
• mossy10adj. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
• mouse7n. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a...
• mousy10adj. Resembling a mouse.
• moves10n. A good ability to dance.
• mucus9n. A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
• mules7v. To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
• mumps11n. A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus...
• mumsy12adj. Characteristic of a mum; motherly.
• murse7n. A man's purse.
• musar7n. An itinerant musette player.
• muser7n. One who muses.
• musha10interj. An expression of sympathy.
• mushy13adj. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or...
• music9n. A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some...
• musky14adj. Resembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.
• musou7n. A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of...
• mussy10adj. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
• musth10n. Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male...
• musty10adj. Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
• mysen10pron. Myself.
• mysid11n. Any crustacean of the order Mysida.
• mysis10n. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and...

N

• naias5n. Synonym of naiad (“female water deity”).
• nails5n. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on...
• najis12adj. Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of...
• namus7n. A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to...
• naras5n. A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the...
• naris5n. A nostril.
• narks9n. Nitrogen narcosis.
• nasal5adj. Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
• nasib7n. An Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory...
• nasri5n. A coin formerly used as a currency unit in Tunisia from medieval to...
• nasse5n. Synonym of cyrtos.
• nasty8adj. Dirty, filthy.
• nasus5n. A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the...
• nates5n. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain...
• nause5n. An annoying person, especially one who intentionally annoys others.
• needs6adv. Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary...
• neeps7n. Mashed swede (called "turnip" in Scotland), especially when served with...
• negus6n. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or...
• nemes7n. A headcloth worn by pharaohs.
• neros5n. A period of 600 years.
• nesty8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
• nevus8n. Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or...
• newsy11adj. Containing lots of news; informative.
• nexus12n. A form or state of connection.
• nidus6n. An aggregate of neurons.
• nines5n. A pair of nines.
• nisei5n. One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or...
• nishi8n. The left-hand (less prestigious) side of the banzuke (番付, “ranking...
• nisin5n. A polycyclic peptide produced by fermentation with the bacterium...
• nisus5n. A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
• nixes12n. Nothing.
• nocks11n. Binoculars.
• nodus6n. A difficulty.
• noise5n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
• noisy8adj. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound.
• nomos7n. The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.
• nones5n. The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th...
• noods6n. Noodles.
• noons5adv. At noontimes.
• noose5n. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in...
• nosed6adj. Having some specific type of nose.
• noser5n. An indulgence in nosiness or other curiosity.
• nosie5n. A nose.
• nouse5n. A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
• nurse5n. Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
• nutso5adj. Crazy, insane.
• nutsy8adj. Crazy.
• nyasa8n. The touching of various parts of one's body while chanting specific...
• nyssa8n. A tree of the genus Nyssa.

O

• oasis5n. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation...
• obese7adj. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or...
• oikos9n. A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.
• omics9n. Any of several biological subfields that aim to identify or...
• onsen5n. A (Japanese) hot spring.
• onset5n. The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first...
• oopsy10interj. Synonym of oops.
• opsin7n. Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina.
• orris5n. Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris ×...
• oscar7n. A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South...
• osier5n. A willow, of species Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe...
• ossia5n. In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a...
• osteo5n. Osteomyelitis.
• ostro5n. A southerly Mediterranean wind.
• ousia5n. The essential nature or ‘substance’ of God, often as contrasted to the...

P

• pagus8n. A country district with scattered hamlets.
• pains7n. Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
• pairs7n. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
• paisa7n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian...
• palas7n. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
• palsy10n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied...
• palus7n. A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
• pamps11n. Synonym of pampers (“a diaper”).
• pansy10n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species...
• pants7n. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards...
• parsa7n. A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four...
• parse7v. To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the...
• parts7n. Intellectual ability or learning.
• pasan7n. The gemsbok.
• pasch12n. The feast of Passover or (specifically) the Paschal Lamb, or (for...
• paseo7n. A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or...
• pasha10n. A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or...
• pasta7n. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed...
• paste7n. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
• pasty10adj. Like paste, sticky.
• pasuk11n. A verse of the Torah.
• patas7n. A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas...
• patis7n. A fish sauce, a byproduct of making bagoong, used as an ingredient or...
• patsy10n. A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full...
• pausa7n. The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.
• pause7v. To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an...
• pavis10n. Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small...

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